New York Court of Appeals

In the Matter of the Claims of Thomas Petrie, Under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. Oneida Steel Pulley Company Et…

June 15, 1915215 N.Y. 335

Summary

The Court affirmed the Appellate Division’s order, holding that the Workmen’s Compensation Law’s provision for loss of a phalange applies when substantially all of that phalange is lost, thus the award for loss of the entire phalange was proper.