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SNYDER v. N.Y.S. COMM. FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

31 N.Y.2d 284 (1972)

In the Matter of the Claim of Marty Snyder, Claimant, v. New York State Commission for Human Rights et al., Respondents. Workmen's Compensation Board, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 2, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Morris N. Lissauer, Ruth Kessler Toch and Daniel Polansky of counsel), for appellant.

John M. Cullen and Herbert Lasky for State Insurance Fund, respondent.

No appearance for New York State Commission for Human Rights, respondent.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, BERGAN and BREITEL concur with Judge GIBSON; Judge JASEN concurs on constraint of Matter of Klimas v. Trans Carribean Airways (); Judge SCILEPPI dissents and votes to affirm.

GIBSON, J.

The record affords substantial evidentiary support for the board's finding of a prolonged state of anxiety and tension and an overwrought emotional condition which, with the precipitant effects of the emotional episodes of April 8, 1968 and December 4, 1968, reacting upon claimant's underlying diabetic condition, caused the accidental injuries and disability claimed. The board was thus warranted in...

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