Appellants contend that the record does not support the finding of an accident and demonstrates no more than a series of minor traumas and no sudden or catastrophic event, within the rule expressed in Matter of Lerner v. Rump Bros. (241 N.Y. 153). We find, on the contrary, that the award was properly made. The board decision recites claimant's testimony as to his heavy manual labor and as to the onset on a specific day of pain so...
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