Legal Opinion
Claim of Petty v. Dresser Industries
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 7, 2002PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRose, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed April 18, 2001, which determined that the employer’s workers’ compensation carrier is to be reimbursed after 260 weeks of benefit payments.
Decedent worked as a chipper on the employer’s premises from June 1947 through December 1977. During his employment, he was exposed to silica sand which led to his diagnosis in July 1993 of silicosis/pneumoconiosis. He died May 14, 1997 (at the age of 85) in the last stages of silicosis. A Workers’ Compensation Law Judge ruled that decedent’s death was caused by an “occupational disease,” as…
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