LISS v. TRANS AUTO SYS


68 N.Y.2d 15 (1986)

Bernice Liss et al., Respondents, v. Trans Auto Systems, Inc., et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Richman and Abraham L. Shapiro for Trans Auto Systems, Inc., and another, appellants.

Bernard Caesar and Lynn J. Hershkovits for Kenneth Fuld, appellant.

Martin Diennor and Abraham Fuchsberg for respondents.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges MEYER, SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER and HANCOCK, JR., concur.


TITONE, J.

The issue posed is whether a determination made in a workers' compensation proceeding that a worker did not sustain injuries in the course of employment binds those defendants in a liability suit who were not parties to the compensation proceeding. We hold that it does not.

Plaintiff Bernice Liss had been employed by Major Watch Case Co. (Major) for 35 years. For the past 20 of those years,...

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