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MATTER OF WOOD v. LAIDLAW TR.

77 N.Y.2d 79 (1990)

In the Matter of Rose Wood, Appellant, v. Laidlaw Transit, Inc., et al., Respondents. Workers' Compensation Board, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 20, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brendan G. Quinn for Rose Wood, appellant.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Theresa E. Wolinski, O. Peter Sherwood, Lawrence S. Kahn and Jane Lauer Barker of counsel), for Workers' Compensation Board, appellant.

Leo V. Hacker for respondents.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.

KAYE, J.

This appeal causes us to revisit a controversial subject in workers' compensation law: the compensability of mental injuries caused by mental trauma, particularly mental injuries caused by witnessing another's tragedy. As in Matter of Wolfe v Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co. (36 N.Y.2d 505), we conclude that claimant, by reason of her active participation in the...

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