Legal Opinion
Claim of Hare v. Champion International
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 6, 2003PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Lahtinen, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed May 23, 2001, which denied claimant certain workers’ compensation benefits.
On October 14, 1991, claimant suffered injuries to his head, neck and back while working as a millwright for Champion International. In March 1993, claimant’s compensation case was closed with a finding of no compensable lost time after November 11, 1991. In 1997, claimant began to see numerous physicians complaining that his pain from his October 1991 injuries had worsened. Claimant also sought authorization for a prescription for Viagra,…
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