Claim of Manocchio v. ABB Combustion Engineering

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed April 30, 2015, which denied a request by the workers’ compensation carrier for apportionment among claimant’s prior employers pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 44.

Claimant worked as a boilermaker for over 30 years for various employers. On May 8, 1999, a chest X ray revealed the presence of pleural plaque consistent with the exposure to asbestos and, in September 1999, claimant filed a workers’ compensation claim. A Workers’ Compensation Law Judge ultimately established the claim for an occupational disease and found that…