MATTER OF BONEY v. GOUVERNEUR TALC CO.


77 A.D.2d 702 (1980)

In the Matter of the Claim of Elaine Boney, Respondent, v. Gouverneur Talc Company et al., Appellants, Special Disability Fund, Respondent. Workers' Compensation Board, Respondent

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

July 10, 1980


The appellants contend that the record is insufficient to establish a definitive link between the decedent's cause of death, carcinomatosis — lung cancer, and his harmful mineral exposure admittedly causing pneumoconiosis. (Cf. Miller v National Cabinet Co., 8 N.Y.2d 277.) The board found: "Upon review of the record the Board Panel finds, based on the testimony of Mr. Kitts, that tests performed on samplings of talcosis indicate...

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