Legal Opinion
Claim of Woodruff v. Goulds Pumps/ITT Industries, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 19, 2005PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Crew III, J.P.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed March 19, 2004, which ruled that claimant’s award for occupational hearing loss is to be apportioned between Utica Mutual Insurance Company and ACE American Insurance Company.
Claimant began working in a foundry operated by Goulds Pumps in April 1965. In May 1997, ITT Industries, Inc. acquired certain assets from Goulds Pumps, and claimant became an employee of Goulds Pumps/ITT Industries, Inc. (hereinafter the employer) until his retirement in February 2001. Prior to the acquisition, Utica Mutual Insurance Company…
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