MATTER OF ESTATE OF GROSS v. THREE RIVERS INN, INC.


92 N.Y.2d 970 (1998)

706 N.E.2d 741

683 N.Y.S.2d 753

In the Matter of the Claim of The Estate of John P. Gross, Deceased, Appellant, v. Three Rivers Inn, Inc., et al., Respondents, and State Insurance Fund, Respondent. Workers' Compensation Board, Appellant. (And Another Related Claim.)

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney-General, New York City (Howard B. Friedland, Barbara Billet, Peter H. Schiff, Daniel F. De Vita and Iris A. Steel of counsel), for Workers' Compensation Board, appellant.

Sidney P. Cominsky, Syracuse, for estate of Gross, appellant.

James P. O'Connor, New York City, and Jean S. Kneiss, Liverpool, for State Insurance Fund, respondent.

Concur: Chief Judge KAYE and Judges BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE, CIPARICK and WESLEY.


Order reversed, with costs, and matter remitted to the Appellate Division, Third Department, with directions to remand to the Workers' Compensation Board for further proceedings on the question of the employer-employee relationship, for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion of Justice Paul J. Yesawich Jr. at the Appellate Division (238 A.D.2d 12

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