Legal Opinion
Claim of Murphy v. New York City Police Department
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 23, 2000PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Carpinello, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed July 28, 1998, which, inter alia, denied credit to the self-insured employer for claimant’s recovery in a third-party action.
Plaintiff worked as a welder for the self-insured employer for 27 or 28 years during which he was regularly exposed to asbestos and welding fumes. As a result of breathing problems, claimant stopped working in May 1994 and thereafter filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits in which he alleged that he suffered from work-related asbestosis, occupational lung disease and/or chronic…
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