MATTER OF COLLINS v. ALUMINUM CO. OF AM.


44 N.Y.2d 692 (1978)

In the Matter of the Claim of Emily Collins, Respondent, v. Aluminum Company of America et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benedict T. Mangano for Aluminum Corporation of America, appellant.

John M. Cullen and George Cholet for Special Disability Fund, appellant.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Jorge L. Gomez, Ruth Kessler Toch and Daniel Polansky of counsel), for Workmen's Compensation Board, respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur in memorandum.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

Said order affirmed three decisions of the Workmen's Compensation Board: one, which found that the "claim for compensation was timely filed by the claimant within ninety days after he first had knowledge that the disease was totally disabling and was due to the nature of the employment, in accordance with the provisions of section 44-a...

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