Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Rose C. Hawkins, Respondent, against Oliver Raynor et al., Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1941-06-12
Citations: 286 N.Y. 575
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Rose C. Hawkins, Respondent, against Oliver Raynor et al., Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 286
Pages: 575–576

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Rose C. Hawkins, Respondent, against Oliver Raynor et al., Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent.
Submitted May 20, 1941;
decided June 12, 1941.
Frank L. Ward for appellants.
David Rosenberg and Abraham L. Doris for claimant, respondent.
John J. Bennett, Jr., Attorney-General (Joseph A. McLaughlin, Boy Wiedersum and Isaac Frank of counsel), for State Industrial Board, respondent.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Loughran, Finch, Rippey, Lewis, Conway. and Desmond, JJ.; Lehman, Ch. J., dissents on the ground that the undisputed evidence establishes that at the time of the accident the claimant was engaged in repairing a small boat in waters which, as matter of law, are navigable, and that, therefore, the Workmen's Compensation Law of the State of New York has no application.