MATTER OF THOUSAND v. ONONDAGA COUNTY


244 A.D.2d 736 (1997)

664 N.Y.S.2d 390

In the Matter of the Claim of Mary J. Thousand, Appellant, v. Onondaga County, Respondent. Workers' Compensation Board, Respondent

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

November 20, 1997


The Workers' Compensation Board determined that the death of claimant's decedent was not causally related to decedent's established right shoulder injury and therefore denied the application by claimant, decedent's widow, for workers' compensation death benefits. Although there was no dispute that decedent's death on April 16, 1986 was caused by metastatic lung cancer, claimant's medical expert opined that decedent's January 10, 1986 work-related shoulder injury had hastened...

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