Legal Opinion
Zamora v. New York Neurologic Associates
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 1, 2012PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Pigott, J.
In this appeal we are called upon to decide whether the Workers’ Compensation Board must infer, from the finding that a claimant withdrew from her employment due to an accident at her workplace, that her post-accident loss of wages is attributable to physical limitations caused by the accident. We hold that the Board is not required to draw that inference.
Claimant Rocio Zamora was working as a phlebotomist for New York Neurologic Associates, on January 29, 2003, when a *190computer monitor fell off a shelf and struck her upper back. She suffered a torn tendon in her…
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