Case Name: In the Matter of Alice Waterman, Respondent, against The Jamaica Hospital and/or Trustees of The Jamaica Hospital; Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1939-09-27
Citations: 257 A.D. 1087
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Alice Waterman, Respondent, against The Jamaica Hospital and/or Trustees of The Jamaica Hospital; Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 257
Pages: 1087–1087

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Alice Waterman, Respondent, against The Jamaica Hospital and/or Trustees of The Jamaica Hospital; Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent.

Opinion:
Claimant, a hospital nurse, contracted syphilis while caring for an infant which suffered from congenital syphilis. The evidence sustains the finding of the Board that claimant's present condition and disability are the result of the disease she contracted and the necessary medicinal treatment which followed. Award unanimously affirmed, with costs to the State Industrial Board. Present — Hill, P. J., Crapser, Bliss, Heffernan and Schenck, JJ.