Legal Opinion
Pellerin v. New York State Department of Correction
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 18, 1995PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mercure, J. Appeals from three decisions of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 9, 1992, March 30, 1994 and June 15, 1994, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant sustained a consequential injury and awarded workers’ compensation benefits.
Claimant, employed as a Correction Officer, suffered a compensable permanent partial disability and ultimately received a nonschedule lump-sum payment as the result of a November 1980 accident in which he slipped on ice, fell and injured his back. In October 1990, claimant fell from a tree stand while hunting and sustained a severe back injury,…
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