Case Name: In the Matter of Miriam Pessel, Respondent, v. R. H. Macy & Co., Inc. et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1973-10-23
Citations: 33 N.Y.2d 721
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Miriam Pessel, Respondent, v. R. H. Macy & Co., Inc. et al., Appellants. Workmen’s Compensation Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 33
Pages: 721–723

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Miriam Pessel, Respondent, v. R. H. Macy & Co., Inc. et al., Appellants. Workmen’s Compensation Board, Respondent.
Argued October 11, 1973;
decided October 23, 1973.
Anne G. Kafka for appellants.
Louis J. Lefkowits, Attorney-General (Henriette Frieder, Ruth Kessler Toch and Daniel Polonsky of counsel), for Workmen’s Compensation Board, respondent.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, with costs to the Workmen's Compensation Board, on the opinion at the Appellate Division.
Concur: Chief Judge Fuld and Judges Burke, Breitel, Gabrielli, Jones and Wachtler. Judge Jasen dissents and votes to reverse in the following memorandum: I would reverse the order of the Appellate Division and dismiss the claim on the ground that the record does not support a finding of ' suddenness of causation " or ' suddenness of result ", an essential element of a compensable industrial accident. (See Matter of Greensmith v. Franklin Nat. Bank, 21 A D 2d 576, affd. 16 N Y 2d 973.)