MATTER OF MUSA v. NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT


276 A.D.2d 851 (2000)

714 N.Y.S.2d 545

In the Matter of the Claim of NANCY MUSA, Appellant, v. NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT, Respondent. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent.

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

Decided October 19, 2000.


Lahtinen, J.

Decedent, a police officer, committed suicide at home on September 18, 1992. Claimant, decedent's widow, filed an application for workers' compensation death benefits alleging that decedent's suicide resulted from work-related stress caused by the employer's use of improper practices to reprimand decedent and prevent his promotion. After a hearing a Workers' Compensation Law Judge established accident, notice and causal relationship, and awarded claimant...

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