Legal Opinion

Claim of Hoff v. Incorporated Village of Williston

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 6, 1975Published

1Opinion of the Court

— Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed October 10, 1974, which made an award of death benefits pursuant to the provisions of the Volunteer Firemen’s Benefit Law. On December 10, 1971 decedent, a volunteer fireman, suffered a myocardial infarction caused by a coronary thrombosis resulting in his death. While the deceased was in the company of the captain of the volunteer fire company, they responded to a siren and proceeded to within a block of the fire station by car, from which point decedent walked and proceeded to the fire eight blocks away on a floodlight…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Claim of Palermo v. Samuel Gallucci & Sons, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1959
  2. Claim of Sullivan v. Delphi Falls Fire Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1967
  3. Claim of Rigali v. Town of ColonieAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975

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