Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Guiseppe Insana against Nordenholt Corporation et al., Respondents. The State Industrial Commission, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1921-10-25
Citations: 232 N.Y. 507
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Guiseppe Insana against Nordenholt Corporation et al., Respondents. The State Industrial Commission, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 232
Pages: 507–507

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Guiseppe Insana against Nordenholt Corporation et al., Respondents. The State Industrial Commission, Appellant.
Workmen's compensation — award for death of longshoreman employed under maritime contract properly reversed.
Matter of Insana v. Nordenholt Corp., 195 App. Div. 913, affirmed.
(Argued October 6, 1921;
decided October 25, 1921.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered January 5, 1921, reversing an award of the state industrial commission made under the Workmen’s Compensation Law and dismissing the claim. The reversal was upon the ground that the deceased at the time he sustained the accidental injuries was a longshoreman employed under a maritime contract and that the Workmen’s Compensation Law did not apply.
Charles D. Newton, Attorney-General (E. C. Aiken of counsel), and Bernard L. Shientag for appellant.
E. C. Sherwood, William B. Davis and Benjamin C. Loder for respondents.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, with costs against the state industrial commission; no opinion.
Concur: His cock, Ch. J., Hogan, Pound, McLaughlin, Crane and Andrews, JJ. Dissenting: Cardozo, J.