180 A.D. 20 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1917
The employer estate was engaged in operating apartment houses in the city of New York for pecuniary gain which was a non-hazardous occupation. The claimant was the janitor. One of his duties as such was to clean the windows. This employment was classified by the amendment of 1916 (Chap. 622, amending § 2, group 22), which went into effect June first of that year, as hazardous. In November, 1916, while engaged in cleaning a window he fell to the street, sustaining serious injuries. At the hearings before the State Industrial Commission objection was made by the insurer to the making of an award upon the ground that the employer’s business was not one
Exception was also taken by the insurer to the amount of the award of seven dollars and seventy-nine cents per week. While owing to the nature of claimant’s compensation for services some difference of opinion may exist as to the proper method of computation, we are satisfied that the award does no injustice to the appellant, and is practically correct.
The award should be affirmed.
Award unanimously affirmed.