Claim of Kavanaugh v. Empire Mutual Insurance Group
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Weiss, J. Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed January 22, 1987, as amended by decision filed October 7, 1987.
Claimant’s decedent, at age 59, began his employment as an underwriter with the employer in March 1982. On October 1, 1982, decedent suddenly collapsed at work; attempts to resuscitate him proved fruitless. The death certificate listed the immediate cause of death as "[c]hronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic ethanolism with fatty liver”. Claimant filed a claim for death benefits. She testified that the conditions of decedent’s new position proved…
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