New York Court of Appeals

Phoenix Indemnity Company, Respondent v. the Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Company, Appellant

May 28, 1929251 N.Y. 127

Summary

The Court affirmed the Appellate Division, holding that the State Treasurer was entitled to the awards under subdivisions 8 and 9 of section 15 and that the insurer was entitled to recover those amounts from the defendant under section 29 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The decision also affirmed the constitutionality of those statutory provisions.