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Claim of Lane v. Cosmopolitan Mutual Insurance

40 N.Y.2d 943 Court N.Y. Decision date 1976-11-18 English

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In the Matter of the Claim of John Lane, Respondent, v Cosmopolitan Mutual Insurance Company, Respondent, and Great American Insurance Company et al., Appellants. Workmen’s Compensation Board, Respondent.
Submitted October 15, 1976;
decided November 18, 1976
p. 944
Cornelius V Gallagher for appellants.
Lawrence Feldman and Kenneth Thomas Edson, P. G, for Cosmopolitan Mutual Insurance Company, respondent.

Order affirmed, without costs, on the opinion by then Presiding Justice J. Clarence Herlihy at the Appellate Division ( 47 AD2d 183 ).

Concur: Chief Judge Breitel and Judges Jones, Wachtler and Fuchsberg. Judges Jasen, Gabrielli and Cooke dissent and vote to reverse on the dissenting opinion by Mr. Justice Robert G. Main at the Appellate Division ( 47 AD2d 183 , 186-187).

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