Legal Opinion

Claim of Burek v. Domur Realty Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 30, 1958Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal from a decision and award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. Claimant was employed as a janitress for a period of over six years and for a period of “ three years or more ” there is evidence that her work included lifting or moving of heavy cans of ashes. Claimant testified that on October 8,1955, while lifting a heavy can of ashes “ It slipped out of my hand. *823The whole thing dropped. And meantime I felt sore inside * * * Later on I felt everything dropped. I can’t even sit down. Everything is down on me.” There is adequate medical evidence that claimant suffered, among other things,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Matter of Talbot v. KressNew York Court of Appeals · 1937

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