Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Lee R. Slade, Respondent, v. Albert Perkins et al., Appellants, and E. Brown, Doing Business as E & B Contracting Co., et al., Respondents. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1974-02-14
Citations: 33 N.Y.2d 988
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Lee R. Slade, Respondent, v. Albert Perkins et al., Appellants, and E. Brown, Doing Business as E & B Contracting Co., et al., Respondents. Workmen’s Compensation Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 33
Pages: 988–989

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Lee R. Slade, Respondent, v. Albert Perkins et al., Appellants, and E. Brown, Doing Business as E & B Contracting Co., et al., Respondents. Workmen’s Compensation Board, Respondent.
Argued January 14, 1974;
decided February 14, 1974.
John M. Cullen and Herbert Lashy for State Insurance Fund, appellant.
Louis J. Lefkowits, Attorney-General (Jorge L. Gomes, Ruth Kessler Toch and Daniel Polanshy of counsel)', for Workmen’s Compensation Board, respondent.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, with costs, on the memorandum at the Appellate Division. The court notes additionally that the Appellate Division properly interpreted the board's decision as one in which it made a conscious choice between conflicting testimony as to what was credible.
Concur: Chief Judge Breitel and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Rabin and Stevens.