Claim of Miller v. Pierson & Williams

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Claim of Miller v. Pierson & Williams

227 A.D. 675

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedSeptember 15, 1929

StatusPublished

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Claim of Miller v. Pierson & Williams, 227 A.D. 675 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1929).

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— Motion to substitute administratrix granted. Motion to dismiss appeal denied, with ten dollars costs to the claimant against the employer and its insurance carrier, upon the ground that the award of eight hundred and eighty dollars and seventy cents had vested. (State ex rel. Munding v. Industrial Commission of Ohio, 92 Ohio St. 434; 111 N. E. 299; United Collieries, Ltd., v. Hendry, 2 B. W. C. C. 308; Price v. Westminster Brymbo Coal Co., 8 id. 257.) Whitmyer, Hill and Hasbrouck, JJ., concur; Van Kirk, P. J., and Hinman, J., dissent on ground that “ compensation and benefits shall be paid only to employees or their dependents.” (Workmen’s Comp. Law, § 33) This award was benefits and remains such until paid. Upon the death of the widow of the deceased employee her claim abated and the award to her did not pass to her estate. No dependent survived to whom benefits could be paid.

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— Motion to substitute administratrix granted. Motion to dismiss appeal denied, with ten dollars costs to the claimant against the employer and its insurance carrier, upon the ground that the award of eight hundred and eighty dollars and seventy cents had vested. (State ex rel. Munding v. Industrial Commission of Ohio, 92 Ohio St. 434; 111 N. E. 299; United Collieries, Ltd., v. Hendry, 2 B. W. C. C. 308; Price v. Westminster Brymbo Coal Co., 8 id. 257.) Whitmyer, Hill and Hasbrouck, JJ., concur; Van Kirk, P. J., and Hinman, J., dissent on ground that “ compensation and benefits shall be paid only to employees or their dependents.” (Workmen’s Comp. Law, § 33) This award was benefits and remains such until paid. Upon the death of the widow of the deceased employee her claim abated and the award to her did not pass to her estate. No dependent survived to whom benefits could be paid.

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