MATTER OF MOORE v. RPM INDUS., INC.


144 A.D.2d 135 (1988)

In the Matter of the Claim of Patricia Moore, Respondent, v. RPM Industries, Inc., Appellant, and Special Disability Fund, Respondent. Workers' Compensation Board, Respondent

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

October 20, 1988


Mahoney, P. J.

In August 1979, RPM Industries, Inc., hired claimant to work at its manufacturing facility in Cayuga County. Using liquid acetone, which filled her enclosed, poorly ventilated workroom with fumes and odors, claimant cemented hundreds of plastic boxes a day while seated at a bench. About two years after starting work for RPM, claimant began to suffer coughing, wheezing and breathlessness, as well as irritation in her respiratory passages...

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