Legal Opinion
Claim of Leroux v. Stone & Webster
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 9, 2003PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtLahtinen, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed April 12, 2001, which ruled that the death of claimant’s decedent was causally related to a prior work-related injury and awarded claimant workers’ compensation death benefits.
*761Decedent sustained two separate work-related back injuries, the first on February 6, 1978 and the second on March 23, 1983. As a result of the 1983 injury, decedent was declared permanently partially disabled and was awarded workers’ compensation benefits. In the ensuing years, decedent endured surgery and treatment with various doctors, including Angelo…
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