Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Mrs. Loretta Anna McCarthy, Respondent, against Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation, Appellant. State Industrial Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1938-03-16
Citations: 254 A.D. 612
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Mrs. Loretta Anna McCarthy, Respondent, against Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation, Appellant. State Industrial Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 254
Pages: 612–612

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Mrs. Loretta Anna McCarthy, Respondent, against Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation, Appellant. State Industrial Board, Respondent.

Opinion:
Appeal from an award for death benefits. Deceased was employed as a laborer, and while placing eastings in a box sustained a lacerated wound of the tip of the right thumb which resulted in an infection and malignant endocarditis, from which he died May 8, 1936. The evidence sustains the finding of causal relation. Award unanimously affirmed, with costs to the State Industrial Board. Present — Hill, P. J., Rhodes, McNamee, Crapser and Heffernan, JJ.