MATTER OF SIENKIEWICZ v. BENDIX CORP. ELEC. COMPONENTS DIV.


51 A.D.2d 1087 (1976)

In the Matter of the Claim of Joseph Sienkiewicz, Respondent-Appellant, v. Bendix Corporation Electrical Components Division et al., Appellants-Respondents. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

March 18, 1976


In the course of his employment, claimant was required to dip baskets of various items into vats containing a cleaning solution known as trichlorethylene. This process, over a five-year period from 1965 to 1970, exposed him to harmful and toxic trichlorethylene fumes causing dizziness, nausea and headaches. On April 28, 1970 he was examined by his personal physician, a Dr. Newland, who made a diagnosis of trichlorethylene poisoning based upon a history of nausea, vomiting...

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