Legal Opinion
Matter of Rasiej v. Syska Hennesy Group Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 22, 2016No. 522129PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Garry, J.P.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed February 5, 2015, which ruled that decedent’s death did not arise out of and in the course of his employment and denied claimant’s claim for workers’ compensation death benefits.
Decedent, claimant’s husband, was on a business trip when he suffered sudden cardiac arrest and died in his hotel room. Claimant applied for workers’ compensation death benefits, which the employer’s workers’ compensation carrier challenged on the basis that, among other things, decedent’s death was not causally related to his employment. A…
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