Legal Opinion
Claim of Owens v. Village of Ellenville Police Department
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 8, 2001PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Spain, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed March 25, 1998, which ruled that claimant did not sustain an accidental injury in the course of his employment and denied his claim for workers’ compensation benefits.
In December 1995, claimant filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits based upon a back injury which allegedly occurred two months earlier during the course of his work as a police officer. According to claimant, the injury occurred when he assisted fire department personnel in clearing the branches of a storm-damaged tree from a street. He…
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