Legal Opinion
Claim of Schultz v. L. B. Smith, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 14, 1982PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Appeals from decisions of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed *596February 24, 1981 and August 19, 1981, which determined that the deceased claimant was totally disabled and that his disability and eventual death were causally related to an occupational disease. The uncontradicted evidence established that claimant was extensively and continuously exposed to asbestos dust in his employment in the service department of the employer from 1946 to 1966. In 1961, he underwent thoracic surgery which included removal of fibrous tissue from his left lung. He resigned employment in September, 1966, but…
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- Claim of Tienken v. Dancing Waters, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
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