MATTER OF DURDALLER v. LIBERTY PRODS. CORP.


16 A.D.2d 849 (1962)

In the Matter of the Claim of George Durdaller, Respondent, v. Liberty Products Corp. et al., Appellants, and Special Funds Conservation Committee, Respondent. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

May 4, 1962


Claimant is suffering from a glandular disease which results in extreme obesity. His weight is at least 375 pounds, and a physician who examined him and who was unable to weigh him on his office scale, estimated the weight to be about 500 pounds. The extreme obesity itself was obvious and the employer knew when claimant was hired that the obesity was due to the disease since there had been a pre-employment physical examination. Claimant was put to work preparing airplane...

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