Legal Opinion
Claim of Farnan v. New York State Department of Social Services
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 12, 1992PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeals from a decision and an amended decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 14, 1990 and October 15, 1991, which ruled that claimant sustained an accidental injury in the course of employment and awarded workers’ compensation benefits.
Claimant was injured while participating in a basketball game during a picnic which was organized by a coffee club made up of claimant’s co-workers. We find that the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board that the injury arose out of and in the course of employment and was therefore compensable is not supported by substantial evidence…
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