Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of George C. Jorgensen, Respondent, against Harold Beach, Appellant. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1950-09-21
Citations: 277 A.D.2d 960
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of George C. Jorgensen, Respondent, against Harold Beach, Appellant. Workmen’s Compensation Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 277
Pages: 960–960

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of George C. Jorgensen, Respondent, against Harold Beach, Appellant. Workmen’s Compensation Board, Respondent.

Opinion:
Appeal by a noninsured employer from a decision and an award of the Workmen's Compensation Board. This employer, although a farmer, was engaged in a lumbering operation on land which he neither owned nor rented, quite distinct and apart from his usual farm operations. It was in this operation that claimant, who was not a regular farm hand, was engaged when injured. The employer was, therefore, subject to the Workmen's Compensation Law. The evidence is sufficient to sustain the board's findings that an employer-employee relationship existed and that claimant was acting within the scope of his authority when he was injured. Decision and award unanimously affirmed, with costs to the Workmen's Compensation Board. Present — Foster, P. J., Brewster, Deyo, Bergan and Coon, JJ.