Legal Opinion
Claim of Mellis v. New York State Department of Corrections
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 22, 2004PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Crew III, J. Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed May 23, 2003, which, inter alia, denied his claim for workers’ compensation benefits.
Claimant, a correction officer, tested positive for hepatitis C in March 1998 while being treated for a lacerated finger following an altercation with an inmate. Claimant continued working until April 2001 and, one month later, filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits. The matter proceeded to a hearing, at which two of claimant’s treating physicians appeared and testified. At the conclusion thereof, a Workers’ Compensation…
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