MATTER OF PHILLIPS v. CORNELL UNIVERSITY


290 A.D.2d 860 (2002)

737 N.Y.S.2d 395

In the Matter of the Claim of JANE PHILLIPS, Respondent, v. CORNELL UNIVERSITY et al., Appellants. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent.

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

Decided January 24, 2002.


Peters, J.

Claimant worked for Cornell University in several of its dining halls for 23 years. During her final seven years, her duties involved increased heavy lifting and repetitive motions using her arms. In the early 1990s, she began experiencing pain in her left elbow and forearm. She consulted with Richard Tobin, her family physician, who diagnosed tendinitis; he prescribed ibuprofen. Claimant testified that while she attributed her arm

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