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Booth v. New York State Department of Corrections
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 22, 2009PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKane, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed January 2, 2007, which ruled that claimant’s injury did not arise out of and in the course of his employment.
Claimant, a correction officer at Arthur Kill Correctional Facility in Richmond County, was injured while practicing basketball off-duty at the facility in preparation for the “Department of Correction Olympics,” an annual event involving correction officers and staff from the various correctional facilities around the state. Following a hearing, a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge disallowed claimant’s application for…
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