MATTER OF METZGER v. CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION


301 A.D.2d 800 (2003)

753 N.Y.S.2d 597

In the Matter of the Claim of FREDERICK METZGER, Respondent, v. CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION et al., Appellants. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent.

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

Decided January 16, 2003.


Lahtinen, J.

Claimant, a pulp tester for a paper company, was carrying samples of raw material at work on December 3, 1994 when he slipped on the cement floor, striking his right hip and thigh on a large electric motor. Thereafter, he filed a claim for workers' compensation benefits. On August 8, 1997, a hearing was conducted before a Workers' Compensation Law Judge (hereinafter WCLJ) during which testimony was given by claimant and his medical expert, Richard Withington...

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