Claim of Flannery v. New York News, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed September 30, 1980. Claimant is the widow of Martin Flannery, who was employed as a pressman for the New York News for approximately 26 years. In the course of his employment, he was exposed to such noxious substances as ink mists, paper dust, chemical reducers, kerosene and lead on a daily basis. In his later years, he suffered from bronchitis and emphysema, among other *815things, and lung cancer. He died on October 12, 1977. A physician who examined and treated decedent prior to his death testified that his death resulted from…