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Matter of O'Dell v. Adirondack Electric Power Company

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 14, 1918
119 N.E. 1063 (N.Y. 1918)

Summary

In O'Dell v. Adirondack Electric Power Co. (223 N.Y. 686) the employee, while stringing wires in an ash cellar under the boiler room, became ill from coal gas on August 5, 1916, and November 6, 1916, he died from pulmonary tuberculosis.

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Opinion

Argued April 29, 1918

Decided May 14, 1918

E. Clyde Sherwood and Amos H. Stephens for appellants.

Merton E. Lewis, Attorney-General ( E.C. Aiken of counsel), for respondent.


Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.

Concur: HISCOCK, Ch. J., COLLIN, CUDDEBACK, CARDOZO, POUND, CRANE and ANDREWS, JJ.


Summaries of

Matter of O'Dell v. Adirondack Electric Power Company

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 14, 1918
119 N.E. 1063 (N.Y. 1918)

In O'Dell v. Adirondack Electric Power Co. (223 N.Y. 686) the employee, while stringing wires in an ash cellar under the boiler room, became ill from coal gas on August 5, 1916, and November 6, 1916, he died from pulmonary tuberculosis.

Summary of this case from Jeffreyes v. Sager Co.
Case details for

Matter of O'Dell v. Adirondack Electric Power Company

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Claim of FLORENCE E. O'DELL against ADIRONDACK…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: May 14, 1918

Citations

119 N.E. 1063 (N.Y. 1918)
119 N.E. 1063

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