MATTER OF GRIFFIN v. NEW YORK STATE DEP'T OF COMMERCE


141 A.D.2d 961 (1988)

In the Matter of the Claim of Paul Griffin, Respondent, v. New York State Department of Commerce et al., Appellants, and Jimmy Christie Orchestra, Respondent. Workers' Compensation Board, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

June 16, 1988


Casey, J.

Workers' Compensation Law § 56 provides, in part, as follows: "A contractor, the subject of whose contract is, involves or includes a hazardous employment, who subcontracts all or any part of such contract shall, in any case of injury or death to any employee, arising out of and in the course of such hazardous employment, be liable for and pay compensation to such employee * * * unless the subcontractor primarily liable for such compensation...

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