Claim of Fonda v. Fort Plain Enterprises

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed January 26, 1979. On April 12, 1971, decedent, while employed at a bowling alley, fell and injured his left shoulder. The record reveals that as a result of this fall claimant developed a persistent lump in the deltoid area; that a biopsy performed on August 24, 1971 revealed liposarcoma of the left shoulder; and that on December 7, 1973, claimant died. According to a report filed by claimant’s attending physician, the cause of death was metastic lesions to the lung. This physician testified that claimant’s accident on April…