Legal Opinion
Claim of Dineen v. Islip Fire District
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 17, 1987PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Levine, J.
Appeals from decisions of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed February 28, 1986 and November 7,1986.
Decedent was an Assistant Chief of the Islip Fire Department (the Department), a volunteer firefighting organization in the Islip Fire District (the District) in Suffolk County. On December 4, 1982, while marching in a parade, decedent collapsed and died of an acute myocardial infarction. Claimant, decedent’s widow, filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits and a hearing was held to determine whether decedent’s death came within the provisions of the Volunteer…
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