Legal Opinion
Claim of Cummings v. Tenneco Chemicals Division
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 8, 1976PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed January 31, 1974, which reversed a decision of the referee and found that occupational disease, notice and causal relationship were established, and that the date of disablement is when claimant last worked in July, 1968. Claimant commenced work with the employer, a manufacturer of plastic products, in September of 1955. In the course of her employment claimant was constantly exposed to heavy concentrations of dust, and the fumes of many pungent and volatile chemicals. In 1959, claimant first experienced respiratory…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Claim of Scimeni v. Welbilt Stove Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1969
- Claim of Montalvo v. Pioneer Pizza Pie Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1963
- Claim of Woodward v. St. Joseph Lead Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1969
- Claim of Blumenfeld v. Reefer-GallerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1959
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