2 A.D.2d 912 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1956
Appeal by the employer from an award made against it for double compensation under section 14-a of the Workmen’s Compensation Law, on the ground that at the time of the accident claimant was under 18 years of age and that the employer did not have on file a standard employment certificate, as required by section 131 of the Labor Law. It is conceded that the claimant was in fact under 18 at the time of the accident but the employer argues that it had a right to