Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Chicago Bridge & Iron
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 11, 2003PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLahtinen, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed May 1, 2002, which ruled that claimant sustained a causally related occupational disease and awarded workers’ compensation benefits.
Claimant, a former construction worker, filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits in January 2001, alleging that he had contracted asbestosis in the course of his employment. Claimant identified his last employer as Chicago Bridge & Iron, with whom he had worked from 1980 to 1981 and 1986 to 1989. National Union Fire Insurance Company (hereinafter the carrier) was also identified by the…
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