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MATTER OF OLIVER v. CHICAGO PNEUMATIC TOOL COMPANY

289 A.D.2d 796 (2001)

735 N.Y.S.2d 214

In the Matter of the Claim of WILLIAM OLIVER, Respondent, v. CHICAGO PNEUMATIC TOOL COMPANY, Appellant. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent.

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

Decided December 20, 2001.

Mugglin, J.

Claimant worked for the employer in a number of positions since 1965, with nearly 20 years as a gear cutter. In 1994, he began to lose his voice and ultimately a malignant carcinoma was surgically removed from his left vocal cord. The Workers' Compensation Board ruled that claimant's laryngeal cancer constituted an occupational disease and awarded claimant workers' compensation benefits. The employer appeals.

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