Legal Opinion
Matter of Black v. Metro. Tobacco
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 3, 1988PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, and the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board reinstated.
The decision of the Board, that decedent’s fatal heart attack was a compensable accident, was supported by substantial evidence and, therefore, should not have been disturbed (see, Matter of Gates v McBride Transp., 60 NY2d 670). There was evidence that the decedent had a history of heart disease and hypertension and that, on the day before his death, he was severely distraught because he had been told by his employer that he was…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Claim of Klimas v. Trans Caribbean Airways, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1961
- MATTER OF GATES v. McBRIDE TRANSP., INC.New York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Claim of Snyder v. New York State Commission for Human RightsNew York Court of Appeals · 1972
3Cited by15 opinions
- Sturtevant v. Broome CountyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- Kaliski v. Fairchild Republic Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Claim of Curtis v. Adirondack TrailwaysAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Claim of Loftus v. New York NewsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- MATTER OF WOOD v. Laidlaw Tr.New York Court of Appeals · 1990
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