Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of The Commissioner of Taxation and Finance on Account of the death of Minnie McKnight, Respondent, against Louise B. Grassi and The Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp., Ltd., Insurance Carrier, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1937-05-05
Citations: 251 A.D. 760
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of The Commissioner of Taxation and Finance on Account of the death of Minnie McKnight, Respondent, against Louise B. Grassi and The Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp., Ltd., Insurance Carrier, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 251
Pages: 760–761

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of The Commissioner of Taxation and Finance on Account of the death of Minnie McKnight, Respondent, against Louise B. Grassi and The Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp., Ltd., Insurance Carrier, Appellants. State Industrial Board, Respondent.

Opinion:
Appeal by employer and insurance carrier from an award in the sum of $1,300 payable to the special fund provided by subdivisions 8 and 9 of section 15 and section 25-a of the Workmen's Compensation Law. Deceased was employed as a maid, and on April 17, 1934, while engaged in her regular occupation sustained accidental injuries; a splinter or other foreign substance punctured her left thumb causing a streptococcus infection which caused her death on the 11th of May, 1934. The deceased left no persons entitled to compensation. The finding of the Board that claimant suffered an accidental injury is sustained by the evidence. The finding of the State Industrial Board directs that the amount of the award shall be paid by the employer and her insurance carrier. In this case the employer was insured and consequently no award can be made against her. The award should, therefore, be modified by directing that the amount thereof shall be imposed solely against the insurance carrier and as so modified affirmed. Award modified by directing that the amount thereof be imposed solely against the insurance carrier, and as so modified unanimously affirmed, with costs to the State Industrial Board. Present — Hill, P. J., Rhodes, McNamee, Crapser and Heffernan, JJ.