LEHSTEN v. NACM-UPSTATE N. Y.


236 A.D.2d 1 (1997)

663 N.Y.S.2d 687

In the Matter of the Claim of Betty Lou Lehsten, Respondent, v. NACM-Upstate New York et al., Appellants. Special Funds Conservation Committee, Respondent. Workers' Compensation Board, Respondent

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

October 30, 1997


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Williams & Williams, Buffalo (Mary M. Russo of counsel), for Commercial Union Insurance Company, appellant.

Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Roll, Salisbury & Cambria, L. L. P., Buffalo (John A. Collins of counsel), for Betty Lou Lehsten, respondent.

Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney-General, New York City (Iris A. Steel of counsel), for Workers' Compensation Board, respondent.

CREW III, J. P., YESAWICH JR., SPAIN and CARPINELLO, JJ., concur.


WHITE, J.

Claimant's job duties as a collection assistant involved making phone calls and entering information into a computer. When she completed these tasks on May 26, 1993, she had to bring some materials to her supervisor. As she got up from her desk, her chair went to the right and she twisted her body. At that point, she experienced a sudden severe pain in her lower...

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