MATTER OF CHINKEL v. FAIR HARBOR FIRE DEPARTMENT


295 A.D.2d 829 (2002)

745 N.Y.S.2d 82

In the Matter of the Claim of ROBERT M. CHINKEL, Respondent, v. FAIR HARBOR FIRE DEPARTMENT et al., Appellants. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent.

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

Decided June 27, 2002.


Mercure, J.P.

In 1990, claimant, a volunteer firefighter, sustained a causally related myocardial infarction; treatment was thereafter authorized and the case was closed in 1992. Suffering from chest pain four years later, claimant was diagnosed with unstable angina, which the Workers' Compensation Board ultimately determined was causally related to the prior injury. The employer and its workers' compensation carrier now appeal, contending that the Board improperly...

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