Legal Opinion
Claim of Lehsten v. NACM-Upstate New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 30, 1997PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
White, J.
Claimant’s job duties as a collection assistant involved making phone calls and entering information into a computer. When she completed these tasks on May 26, 1993, she had to bring some materials to her supervisor. As she got up from her *3desk, her chair went to the right and she twisted her body. At that point, she experienced a sudden severe pain in her lower back. Subsequently, claimant was diagnosed as having sustained an acute sprain of her lower back which resulted in a mild partial disability that prevented her from working.
Her claim for workers’…
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