Legal Opinion
Claim of Ayers v. Tioga County Sheriff's Department
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 12, 1997PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed May 2, 1995, which ruled that the death of claimant’s decedent arose out of his employment and awarded claimant workers’ compensation death benefits.
After decedent died at home as a result of cardiac arrhythmia, claimant, decedent’s wife, filed a claim for workers’ compensation death benefits. After a hearing, the Workers’ Compensation Board found that decedent’s death was causally related to stress engendered by his job as the Sheriff of Tioga County and awarded claimant death benefits. We find that the Board’s decision is…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Claim of Kroeger v. New York State Workers' Compensation BoardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- Claim of Rock v. Sullivan County Sheriff's DepartmentAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
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