MATTER OF RUANE v. CUSHMAN


70 A.D.2d 697 (1979)

In the Matter of the Claim of Mary Ruane, Respondent, v. Paul Cushman et al., Appellants, and Special Disability Fund, Respondent. Workers' Compensation Board, Respondent

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

May 10, 1979


The sole issue presented on these appeals is whether there is substantial evidence to support the board's conclusion that the employer lacked knowledge of claimant's pre-existing permanent physical impairment prior to her accidental injuries sustained in 1969 and 1971. At a hearing, claimant testified that she was employed as a housekeeper and injured her back in 1962, that she continued to have trouble with her back thereafter, and that her employer and his son knew about...

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