MATTER OF WARD v. GENERAL UTILITIES

512606.

100 A.D.3d 1113 (2012)

953 N.Y.S.2d 717

2012 NY Slip Op 7341

In the Matter of the Claim of JAMES WARD, Claimant, v. GENERAL UTILITIES et al., Respondents, and NY CHOICE SELF-INSURANCE TRUST et al., Appellants. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department.

November 8, 2012.


McCarthy, J.

Claimant was employed as an oil burner mechanic for over 40 years when, in March 2007, he filed a workers' compensation claim for an occupational disease. After a spate of hearings, a Workers' Compensation Law Judge determined that, based upon an independent medical examination, claimant suffered from asbestosis with a date of disablement of May 17, 2006. The Workers' Compensation Law Judge further determined that, pursuant to Workers' Compensation Law...

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