Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of David L. Hawthorne, as Administrator of the Estate of Frederick Hawthorne, Deceased, Respondent, v. Peartrees, Inc., et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1977-11-15
Citations: 43 N.Y.2d 683
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of David L. Hawthorne, as Administrator of the Estate of Frederick Hawthorne, Deceased, Respondent, v Peartrees, Inc., et al., Appellants. Workmen’s Compensation Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 43
Pages: 683–684

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of David L. Hawthorne, as Administrator of the Estate of Frederick Hawthorne, Deceased, Respondent, v Peartrees, Inc., et al., Appellants. Workmen’s Compensation Board, Respondent.
Argued October 7, 1977;
decided November 15, 1977
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Philip J. Caputo for Peartrees, Inc., and another, appellants.
William F. Fischer, Jr., and Martin Krutzel for O’Keefe Auto Service Corporation and another, appellants.
David Hirschhorn for David L. Hawthorne, respondent.
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Morris N. Lissauer, Ruth Kessler Toch and Daniel Polansky of counsel), for Workmen’s Compensation Board, respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order affirmed, with costs, for reasons stated in the memorandum at the Appellate Division (56 AD2d 961).
Concur: Chief Judge Breitel and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Cooke.