Claim of Closson v. Dutchess County Sheriff's Department

Claimant testified that when her co-worker confronted her, she wanted to discuss the co-worker’s daughter and the coworker grabbed her by the shirt collar; when the co-worker finally let her go claimant fell and injured her knee. The coworker also testified that the injury occurred as the result of a discussion with claimant over the co-worker’s "personal business”. The Workers’ Compensation Board may draw any reasonable inference from the facts (Matter of Stone v New York Artificial Breeders’ Co-op, 33 AD2d 524, lv denied 25 NY2d 742). Here, the Board’s finding that claimant’s injury was the…