Piazza v. Barbera & Labissi, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Piazza v. Barbera & Labissi, Inc.

253 A.D. 851, 1 N.Y.S.2d 376, 1938 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8894

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided January 12, 1938·Published

Opinion

Appeal from a decision of the State Industrial Board refusing to commute an award to a lump-sum payment. The claimant is a common laborer, fifty-four years of age, totally and permanently disabled. He seeks a commutation in order to purchase two apartment houses for $19,000, subject to a mortgage of $5,000, for the purpose of increasing his income, which is now twenty-five dollars a week, all that is possible under the law. The decision of the Board was proper and in the judgment of this court commendable. Decision unanimously affirmed. Present — Hill, P. J., Rhodes, McNamee, Bliss and Heffernan, JJ.

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Appeal from a decision of the State Industrial Board refusing to commute an award to a lump-sum payment. The claimant is a common laborer, fifty-four years of age, totally and permanently disabled. He seeks a commutation in order to purchase two apartment houses for $19,000, subject to a mortgage of $5,000, for the purpose of increasing his income, which is now twenty-five dollars a week, all that is possible under the law. The decision of the Board was proper and in the judgment of this court commendable. Decision unanimously affirmed. Present — Hill, P. J., Rhodes, McNamee, Bliss and Heffernan, JJ.

Piazza v. Barbera & Labissi, Inc., 253 A.D. 851, 1 N.Y.S.2d 376, 1938 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8894 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1938).

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