Legal Opinion
Claim of Gropper v. GPA Mechanical
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 7, 2006PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarpinello, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed March 11, 2005, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant violated Workers’ Compensation Law § 114-a and disqualified him from receiving wage replacement benefits.
Claimant worked for many years as a steam fitter and claimed that he had been exposed to asbestos during that time. He was diagnosed with asbestos-related pleural disease in 1998 and further diagnosed on November 30, 1999 with, among other afflictions, pulmonary asbestosis. In December 1999 and January 2000, claimant filed for workers’ compensation benefits identifying…
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