MATTER OF LESCH v. WILE


289 A.D.2d 740 (2001)

734 N.Y.S.2d 322

In the Matter of the Claim of ARDENE LESCH, Respondent, v. M. WILE et al., Appellants. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent.

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

Decided December 13, 2001.


Cardona, P. J.

Claimant's June 1997 claim, based upon the occupational disease of carpal tunnel syndrome, was controverted by the employer and its workers' compensation carrier who asserted that claimant's symptoms dated back to at least 1989. Therefore, it was argued that the claim was untimely. A workers' compensation claim based on an occupational disease must be filed "within two years after disablement and after the claimant knew or should have known that the...

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