MATTER OF SCHULTZ v. L. B. SMITH, INC.


90 A.D.2d 595 (1982)

In the Matter of the Claim of Leslie W. Schultz, Respondent, v. L. B. Smith, Inc., et al., Appellants, and Special Disability Fund, Respondent. Workers' Compensation Board, Respondent In the Matter of the Claim of Harriet M. Schultz, Respondent, v. L. B. Smith, Inc., 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.

October 12, 1982


The uncontradicted evidence established that claimant was extensively and continuously exposed to asbestos dust in his employment in the service department of the employer from 1946 to 1966. In 1961, he underwent thoracic surgery which included removal of fibrous tissue from his left lung. He resigned employment in September, 1966, but continued to encounter lung complications and in October, 1976, filed a claim for full disability...

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