Legal Opinion
Dorosz v. Green & Seifter
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 16, 1999PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rosenblatt, J.
Decedent, an accountant who worked for a private accounting firm, suffered a fatal heart attack while bowling for a team sponsored by one of the firm’s clients. We must decide whether the Workers’ Compensation Board properly denied his widow’s claim for workers’ compensation benefits.
Reversing the Workers’ Compensation Law Judge, the Board ruled that decedent’s death did not arise out of an injury sustained in the course of his employment. In disallowing the claim, the Board concluded that decedent’s participation in bowling was an after-hours, voluntary…
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