Legal Opinion
MATTER OF WOOD v. Laidlaw Tr.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 20, 1990PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Kaye, J.
This appeal causes us to revisit a controversial subject in workers’ compensation law: the compensability of mental injuries caused by mental trauma, particularly mental injuries caused by witnessing another’s tragedy. As in Matter of Wolfe v Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co. (36 NY2d 505), we conclude that claimant, by reason of her active participation in the tragedy she witnessed, suffered her own “accidental injuries” within the meaning of the Workers’ Compensation Law.
For 12 years claimant, Rose Wood, was employed as a school bus driver by respondent Laidlaw Transit,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Matter of Black v. Metro. TobaccoNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
- Claim of Everett v. A. S. Steel Rule Die Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- Claim of Everett v. A. S. Steel Rule Die Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1985
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