Legal Opinion
Williams v. Boll
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 11, 1992PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 30, 1990, which ruled that claimant sustained a causally related disability and awarded workers’ compensation benefits.
We reject the employer’s contention that the Workers’ Compensation Board erred in determining that claimant’s disability was due entirely to the back injury he suffered while working at his last job as a blacktop laborer. Compensation is not solely dependent on proof that the last accident caused or aggravated a preexisting injury; rather, it is enough if the job acted upon the prior condition in such a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- the Claim of Carbonaro v. Chinatown Sea Food, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
- Claim of Kuczkowski v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- MATTER OF KUCZKOWSKI v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Claim of Di Fabio v. Albany County Department of Social ServicesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- Ham v. Rumsey Sheet Metal, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
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3Cited by4 opinions
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