Legal Opinion
Claim of Rich v. Pace University
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 24, 2000PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCardona, P. J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed October 29, 1998, which ruled that claimant sustained an accidental injury in the course of her employment and awarded workers’ compensation benefits.
After undergoing treatment for severe headaches in October 1992, claimant applied for workers’ compensation benefits claiming that she was exposed to air pollutants in the graduate admissions office where she worked. Following a hearing, the Workers’ Compensation Board ruled that claimant’s headaches were causally related to exposure to carbon monoxide at her workplace and, upon…
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