MATTER OF WASYLUK v. WEBB & KNAPP, INC.


12 A.D.2d 555 (1960)

In the Matter of the Claim of Frances Wasyluk, Respondent, v. Webb & Knapp, Inc., et al., Appellants, and Equitable Office Bldg. Corp. et al., Respondents. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

November 4, 1960


The sole question on this appeal is whether the refusal of the claimant to submit to an operation was unreasonable. The claimant suffered an umbilical hernia on March 10, 1952. On October 3, 1955 while working for the appellant as a cleaning woman she sustained a further aggravation of the original hernia. At that time she was 49 years of age and refused to undergo surgery to correct the condition. She has experienced a previous...

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