Legal Opinion
Claim of Mayers v. Kings County Hospital
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 25, 2006PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRose, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed October 12, 2004, which ruled that the death of claimant’s decedent was not causally related to his employment and denied claimant’s application for workers’ compensation death benefits.
Decedent, a nurse’s aide, was working in a psychiatric ward when he was physically attacked and beaten by a patient. Three months later, after having sought medical attention for pain, blurred vision, dizziness, insomnia, anxiety and depression, decedent was at home when he awoke at night in a distressed state. He was agitated, sweating profusely…
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