Legal Opinion
Claim of Ward v. General Utilities
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 8, 2012Published
1Opinion of the CourtMcCarthy, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed September 15, 2010, which, among other things, ruled that claimant sustained a work-related occupational disease and awarded workers’ compensation benefits.
Claimant was employed as an oil burner mechanic for over 40 years when, in March 2007, he filed a workers’ compensation claim for an occupational disease. After a spate of hearings, a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge determined that, based upon an independent medical examination, claimant suffered from asbestosis with a date of disablement of May 17, 2006. The Workers’…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Claim of Blotko v. Solomon Oliver Mechanical ContractingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
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