Legal Opinion
Claim of Coleman v. Edison
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 18, 2003PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtLahtinen, J.
Appeal from an amended decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed April 30, 2002, which ruled that claimant sustained a compensable injury and awarded workers’ compensation benefits.
Claimant worked for the employer from 1965 to 1993. During all but seven years of his employment, he was exposed to asbestos. In 1993, epilepsy compelled claimant to cease working and it necessitated two operations on his brain in 1994. When claimant subsequently tested positive for asbestosis, he applied for workers’ compensation disability benefits. The Workers’ Compensation Board, reversing a Workers’…
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