Claim of Bordonaro v. Genesee County Sheriff's Office

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 30, 2015, which ruled that decedent’s death did not arise out of and in the course of his employment and denied claimant’s claim for workers’ compensation death benefits.

Decedent, a deputy sheriff, died while asleep at home and claimant, decedent’s spouse, applied for workers’ compensation death benefits. Following hearings, a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge established the claim. Upon review, the Workers’

Compensation Board reversed and disallowed the claim, finding no causal relationship between decedent’s death and…