Legal Opinion
Claim of Lewis v. New York State Department of Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 14, 1999PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Crew III,. J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed April 9, 1998, which, upon reconsideration, ruled that claimant did not sustain a causally related disability and denied her claim for workers’ compensation benefits.
On November 5, 1996 claimant, a psychologist employed by the State at a day treatment program, allegedly sustained certain injuries to her back while attempting to restrain a 200-pound male patient. Claimant, who did not return to work following this incident, thereafter applied for workers’ compensation benefits. Ultimately, the Workers’ Compensation…
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