Claim of Merendino v. Village of Pawling

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed March 25, 1987.

Claimant was employed as a plumber and laborer by the Village of Pawling, Dutchess County, from September 1982 to May 1983. His work required him to spend time in water-filled trenches and, as a result, his lower extremities were often wet. At some point he developed sores on his left heel, which progressed to such an extent that amputation of his left foot was necessitated in June 1983.

Claimant filed a claim in April 1984 and Travelers Insurance Company, the village’s insurer prior to self-insurance by Dutchess…