Legal Opinion
Claim of Cossingham v. Bunkoff Construction Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 14, 1982PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from decisions of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 18, 1980 and April 3, 1981, which ruled that claimant had sustained a compensable heart injury. Claimant was employed as a mason for 33 years. He testified that on Thursday, July 8, 1976, and again on Friday, July 9, 1976, he experienced chest pains after lifting cement blocks weighing 60 to 80 pounds each, but continued to work; that the next day chest pain recurred while he was walking up a hill; that a similar episode of pain occurred on Sunday, and that on Monday, he again experienced chest pain before reporting to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Claim of Murtagh v. St. Theresa's Nursing Home, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
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