Claim of Leggio v. Suffolk County Police Department

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed February 5, 1996, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant did not sustain an accidental injury in the course of her employment and denied her claim for workers’ compensation benefits.

*898Claimant was employed by the Suffolk County Police Department (hereinafter the employer) as a 911 operator and, in conjunction therewith, was required to work rotating shifts. Although claimant apparently worked under such conditions without incident for a number of years, she began experiencing problems in 1985 and 1986, which eventually resulted in…