Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Edward Heaney, Respondent, against P. J. Carlin Construction Company and Another, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1935-01
Citations: 243 A.D. 648
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Edward Heaney, Respondent, against P. J. Carlin Construction Company and Another, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 243
Pages: 648–648

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Edward Heaney, Respondent, against P. J. Carlin Construction Company and Another, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent.

Opinion:
Claimant was employed as a bricklayer by the employer, a contractor who was engaged in constructing a building on Rikers island. He was injured by explosion on boat on which he was being transported to his work. The question was whether case came under admiralty jurisdiction. Award unanimously affirmed, with costs to the State Industrial Board. Present — Hill, P. J., Rhodes, MeNamee, Crapser and Heffernan, JJ.