Legal Opinion
Claim of Montana v. Orion Bus Industries
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 6, 2003PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Cardona, P.J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed February 8, 2002, which ruled, inter alia, that claimant’s workers’ compensation award be apportioned 90% to a preexisting condition and 10% to a work-related injury.
Claimant worked as an assembler for a bus manufacturer. On July 14, 1998, he was standing on a stool counting parts within bins when they began to slide. As he leaned forward to prevent them from falling to the floor, he injured his back. He stopped working thereafter and filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits. Prior to this injury, claimant…
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