Legal Opinion
Matter of Lichten v. New York City Transit Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 29, 2015No. 520631PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCarthy, J.P.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed May 8, 2014, which, among other things, ruled that claimant did not sustain a causally related disability to his bilateral knees.
Claimant worked as a bus driver, but stopped working in January 2010 after he suffered a heart attack. In March 2011, he filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits based upon an occupational disease stemming from repetitive stress injuries to his legs, including his hips, knees and feet, caused by his many years of working as a bus driver. The self-insured employer controverted the…
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