DOROSZ v. GREEN & SEIFTER


92 N.Y.2d 672 (1999)

708 N.E.2d 162

685 N.Y.S.2d 406

In the Matter of Margaret Dorosz, Appellant, v. Green & Seifter et al., Respondents. Workers' Compensation Board, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oot & Associates, Syracuse (Joseph P. Breda of counsel), for appellant.

Whyland & Richmond, North Syracuse (Christopher M. Whyland of counsel), for Green & Seifter and another, respondents.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE and CIPARICK concur; Judge WESLEY taking no part.


ROSENBLATT, J.

Decedent, an accountant who worked for a private accounting firm, suffered a fatal heart attack while bowling for a team sponsored by one of the firm's clients. We must decide whether the Workers' Compensation Board properly denied his widow's claim for workers' compensation benefits.

Reversing the Workers' Compensation Law Judge, the Board ruled...

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