Legal Opinion
Claim of Ferguson v. Fruehauf Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 28, 1989PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMercure, J.
Appeals from three decisions of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed February 2, 1987, July 31, 1987 and September 18, 1987.
Claimant injured his left knee by twisting it while climbing down a ladder at work on January 29, 1982. Claimant’s condition steadily deteriorated after the accident, with initial swelling, tenderness and discoloration progressing to loss of sensation, thrombophlebitis, poor flexion, foot drop, severe muscular atrophy of the left calf and thigh, and, ultimately, complete paralysis, loss of use and deformity of the left leg and hip. Accident, notice and causal…
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