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MATTER OF WOOD v. JOHN C. MONROE, INC.

12 A.D.2d 829 (1961)

In the Matter of the Claim of Lillian Wood, Respondent, v. John C. Monroe, Inc., et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

January 11, 1961

The claimant, while working as a secretary on June 6, 1958, pulled open the top drawer of a filing cabinet and in so doing it tipped over, striking her on the chest. There was testimony that the drawer itself was heavy and that the filing cabinet weighed approximately two hundred pounds. It was necessary for her to heave and push the drawer and cabinet to get it back in place. She testified that at the time of the incident she immediately felt a slight pain. One of her coemployees...

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