Legal Opinion
Claim of Fonda v. Norton Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 22, 1993PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWeiss, P. J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed October 24, 1991, which ruled, inter alia, that claimant’s disability is due solely to his causally related back condition.
Claimant suffered serious injuries to his right leg, hip and spine on February 18, 1988 which required a laminectomy for a herniated disc. A second laminectomy was necessary and *835was performed on May 11, 1989. Claimant had a preexisting but dormant heart condition, which, during his 22 years of work as a laborer involving much heavy lifting, disabled him only once for a brief period in 1985. Against this…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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