· 6/24/1947
Santoro v. Central New York Power Corp.
Citations
- 189 Misc. 567
- 72 N.Y.S.2d 12
- 1947 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2680
How courts have described this case
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- holding a professional baseball player is covered under the state workers’ compensation act
- explaining that “[i]n a number of cases in this state it has been held that in civil actions the right of jury trial exists only in those cases where the right existed prior to the first Constitution,” but not clarifying the date of that Constitution
- not a violation of one’s right to a jury trial to try Workmen’s Compensation cases without one
- “The provision in our constitution in reference to trial by jury should never in any way be impinged upon, in cases to which such provision is applicable. But it is not applicable to this case.”
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