Legal Opinion
Renteria v. Santino's Café
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 28, 2009PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRose, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed May 7, 2008, which, among other things, ruled that claimant did not suffer a new accident and injury.
Claimant, a chef, sustained a work-related injury to his back in May 2007 and did not return to work. Approximately five *1234months later, while visiting his mother in Florida, worsening pain prompted him to seek medical attention at an emergency room. Inasmuch as a report completed at the time of his examination there included a notation that claimant “twisted his back again,” his employer and its workers’ compensation carrier…
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