MATTER OF PADUANO v. THOMPSON ROOFING CO.


71 A.D.2d 737 (1979)

In the Matter of the Claim of Minnie S. Paduano et al., Appellants, v. Thompson Roofing Co. et al., Respondents. Workers' Compensation Board, Respondent

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

July 19, 1979


Claimants, decedent's widow and their three children, appeal the board's decision that the presumption against suicide had been overcome by substantial evidence to the contrary and "that decedent's death was due to a deliberate act with personal reasons, designed to end his own life, or, with indifference to such outcome." We cannot say, as a matter of law, that the board erred in its determination. Although there is a strong presumption against suicide, it is a question...

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