Legal Opinion
Claim of McDonald v. Water Tunnel Contractors
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 8, 2008PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKane, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed February 16, 2006, which ruled that Workers’ Compensation Law § 15 (8) (ee) applied to claimant’s award of workers’ compensation benefits.
From 1969 to 1975, claimant worked as a sand hog for the employer, assisting in the blasting and construction of underground tunnels. In 1999, he filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits alleging that he was recently diagnosed with occupational lung diseases due to his work in the tunnels. At the preliminary hearing, claimant, the employer, its workers’ *1152compensation carrier and the…
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