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MATTER OF DREWES v. STEEL

305 A.D.2d 769 (2003)

761 N.Y.S.2d 106

In the Matter of the Claim of PATRICIA DREWES, Respondent, v. GUTERL STEEL et al., Appellants, and LUMBERMENS INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent.

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

Decided May 8, 2003.

Lahtinen, J.

Claimant's husband died of mesothelioma, an occupational disease caused by decedent's workplace exposure to asbestos. A workers' compensation claim was established and Guterl Steel, decedent's last employer, was directly and primarily liable for the payment of workers' compensation benefits. After the compensation case was established, the State Insurance Fund (hereinafter SIF), Guterl's workers' compensation carrier, appealed to the Workers' Compensation...

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