MATTER OF BARRECA v. FREDONIA SEED CO.


72 A.D.2d 639 (1979)

In the Matter of the Claim of Mary R. Barreca, Respondent, v. Fredonia Seed Company et al., Appellants. Workers' Compensation Board, Respondent

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

October 18, 1979


The board found: "based on the evidence in the record of claimant's exposure to dust for 26 years and on the medical testimony of Dr. V. Cohen, claimant sustained an occupational disease, Section 3, Subdivision 2, Paragraph 28, in the nature of silicosis which is permanent and totally disabling." There is substantial evidence in the record to support this finding, and, accordingly, the board's decisions must be affirmed.

Decisions affirmed, with costs to the Workers...

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