Legal Opinion
Claim of Sandell v. Frito Lay, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 26, 2013Published
1Opinion of the CourtStein, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 28, 2011, which, among other things, ruled that claimant sustained a work-related occupational disease and awarded workers’ compensation benefits.
*1243After working for the employer — a plant that produces corn, potato and grain-based snacks — for approximately 12 years, claimant stopped working in March 2010 because he was experiencing acute respiratory problems that he claimed were caused by workplace exposure to, among other things, a variety of chemicals and seasonings. Claimant testified that, in addition to being…
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