MATTER OF HYDE v. NEW YORK STATE DEP'T OF MENTAL HYGIENE, SUNMOUNT STATE SCH.


48 A.D.2d 948 (1975)

In the Matter of the Claim of Catherine M. Hyde, Appellant, v. New York State Department of Mental Hygiene, Sunmount State School, et al., Respondents. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

June 5, 1975


The record establishes that as a result of accusations that he had mistreated mentally retarded children in the course of his employment, the claimant's husband committed suicide. The claimant introduced expert testimony to the effect that, as a result of the employment situation, the deceased suffered a mental illness and that his subsequent suicide was the result of such illness. The employer and its insurance carrier introduced expert testimony to the effect that the decedent...

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