Legal Opinion
Claim of Kouvatsos v. Line Masters, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 15, 2001PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Mugglin, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed October 8, 1999, which ruled that the death of claimant’s decedent did not arise out of and in the course of his employment and denied the claim for workers’ compensation death benefits.
Peter Kouvatsos (hereinafter decedent) sustained fatal injuries in a fall from the four-story building where his employer rented the third floor. Decedent had taken a short break from work to go to the roof with a co-worker, who smoked a cigarette. According to the co-worker it was a very windy day, but decedent’s fall was unwitnessed…
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