MATTER OF COOLEY v. NEW YORK STATE POLICE


158 A.D.2d 828 (1990)

In the Matter of the Claim of Lynn L. Cooley, Appellant, v. New York State Police et al., Respondents. Workers' Compensation Board, Respondent

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

February 15, 1990


Harvey, J.

In January 1985, claimant, a State Trooper for 14 years, began experiencing chest pains while cutting wood with a chainsaw. Shortly thereafter he suffered a heart attack.* Subsequently, claimant filed a claim for workers' compensation benefits asserting that his heart attack was caused by stress on his job from being pressured to write more tickets and also by chopping wood, which he stated he did in order to keep...

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