Legal Opinion
In re the Claim of Tompkins v. Witter
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 6, 2003PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLahtinen, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed September 13, 2002, which ruled that claimant had sustained a compensable injury and awarded workers’ compensation benefits.
Claimant worked for the employer as a data analyst in an office at the World Trade Center in Manhattan. He was traveling by subway to work on the morning of September 11, 2001, when all passengers were informed that the train would not be continuing to the station located in the World Trade Center complex. Claimant transferred to a different train from which he emerged one block from One World Trade Center…
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