MATTER OF PADILLA v. NEW YORK CITY BD. OF EDUC.


127 A.D.2d 957 (1987)

In the Matter of the Claim of Theresa Padilla, Respondent, v. New York City Board of Education, Appellant. Workers' Compensation Board, Respondent

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

February 26, 1987


Casey, J.

The employer appeals from an award of death benefits, contending that the Workers' Compensation Board erred in relying upon the testimony of claimant, who is decedent's widow as to certain statements made by decedent and in accepting the opinion of claimant's medical expert. Decedent, employed as a plasterer, collapsed after working on a ceiling for approximately 45 minutes. Efforts to revive him proved futile; the certificate of death lists...

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