MATTER OF WHITE v. METRO. LIFE INS. CO.


46 A.D.2d 964 (1974)

In the Matter of Beverly White, Respondent, v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Appellant. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

December 18, 1974


The issues presented are whether the tubal ligation surgery to which claimant subjected herself and which resulted in postoperative inability to work was merely elective surgery and, if so, whether she is disqualified from receiving benefits under the Disability Benefits Law during the postoperative period. Claimant, an assembly-line worker, underwent a tubal ligation and was unable to work during the postoperative recuperation period...

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