Legal Opinion
Claim of Wesp v. Liberty National Bank & Trust Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 24, 1986PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Kane, J. P.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 9, 1983, as amended by decisions filed March 12, 1984 and January 29, 1985.
Claimant, a bank teller, was robbed at gunpoint on July 31, 1981 at her place of employment. As a result of this incident, she sustained a compensable severe degree of anxiety, as diagnosed by her attending psychiatrist who found her disabled and recommended that she not return to work for several weeks. When she returned to work on September 1, 1981, she was notified of her discharge from employment for the reason that her employer…
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