Claim of McConnell v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Claim of McConnell v. City of New York

255 A.D. 730, 6 N.Y.S.2d 761, 1938 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4938

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided September 21, 1938·Published

Opinion

Claimant’s occupation was scrub woman and kitchen maid. While working for her employer in the Morrisania City Hospital she contracted dermatitis through using lysol. The award is for partial disability for thirteen weeks (June 4, 1937, to September 3, 1937). During a portion of the time she suffered from the active disease, and a portion of the time from a dormant diseased condition which prevented her from following her usual occupation which required the use of “ hot water and soap solutions,” the use of which according to the medical testimony [731]*731would have caused a recurrence of the active dermatitis. Award unanimously affirmed, with costs to the State Industrial Board. Present — Hill, P. J., Rhodes, Crapser, Bliss and Heffeman, JJ.

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Claimant’s occupation was scrub woman and kitchen maid. While working for her employer in the Morrisania City Hospital she contracted dermatitis through using lysol. The award is for partial disability for thirteen weeks (June 4, 1937, to September 3, 1937). During a portion of the time she suffered from the active disease, and a portion of the time from a dormant diseased condition which prevented her from following her usual occupation which required the use of “ hot water and soap solutions,” the use of which according to the medical testimony [731]*731would have caused a recurrence of the active dermatitis. Award unanimously affirmed, with costs to the State Industrial Board. Present — Hill, P. J., Rhodes, Crapser, Bliss and Heffeman, JJ.

Claim of McConnell v. City of New York, 255 A.D. 730, 6 N.Y.S.2d 761, 1938 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4938 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1938).

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