MATTER OF CAPORRINO v. WAGS TRANSP. SYS., INC.


4 A.D.2d 972 (1957)

In the Matter of the Claim of Giovanni Caporrino, Respondent, v. Wags Transportation System, Inc., et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

November 15, 1957


From conflicting medical proof the board accepted certain portions of the attending surgeon's testimony in which he opined that the synovitis was caused by the repeated pressure exerted in frequent applications of the brake of a taxicab starting and stopping in traffic and by twisting the knee on getting in and out of the cab on many occasions daily. It is argued in the board's brief that there thus appears "a recognizable link between the disease and some distinctive feature...

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