Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Amos Plouff, Sr., and Another, Respondents, against Port Henry Light, Heat and Power Company and Another, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1928-11
Citations: 225 A.D. 704
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Amos Plouff, Sr., and Another, Respondents, against Port Henry Light, Heat and Power Company and Another, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 225
Pages: 704–704

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Amos Plouff, Sr., and Another, Respondents, against Port Henry Light, Heat and Power Company and Another, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent.
Affd., 250 N. Y. 616.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
Under the Compensation Law the next of kin, the children, being entitled each to fifteen per cent of sixty-six and two-thirds per cent of the average weekly wage of the deceased, have been more than provided for by the recovery in the third party action. Such recovery inures to the benefit of the employer. There remains then for the father and mother, under the law, but twenty-one and two-thirds per cent of the average weekly wages of the deceased to divide. One-half to each of the parents would amount to ten and five-sixths per cent. The award is modified accordingly and remitted to the State Industrial Board to compute the amount due the claimants and enter and enforce the award. Van Kirk, P. J., Hinman, Davis, Hill and Hasbrouck, JJ., concur. Award modified in accordance with opimon, and as so modified affirmed, with costs to the State Industrial Board, and matter remitted to said Board to compute the amount due the claimants, and enter and enforce the award.