Legal Opinion
Claim of McSweeney v. Hammerlund Manufacturing Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 28, 1949Published
1Opinion of the CourtBergau, J.
Claimant was engaged in a war plant as an assembly shipper preparing radio castings for the armed forces. Her work involved the inhalation of fumes and gases. In April, 1943, she developed a cough and on July 2d was required to stop work. A few months later her condition was diagnosed for the first time as bilateral pulmonary tuberculosis.
In the compensation hearings there was medical opinion attributing to the employment an aggravation and reactivation of a pre-existing tuberculosis; and there was opposing medical opinion that the disease and employment were entirely disassociated.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- In Re J. P. Linahan, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
- Matter of Di Donato v. RosenbergNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Claims of McMahon v. GretzulaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1933
- Matter of Ingberg v. Zimmerman and Norwich Union Indem.New York Court of Appeals · 1933
- Matter of Krevac v. 310 East 55th Street, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1941
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