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MATTER OF COLEMAN v. EDISON

308 A.D.2d 642 (2003)

764 N.Y.S.2d 369

In the Matter of the Claim of CHARLES COLEMAN, Respondent, v. CONSOLIDATED EDISON, Appellant. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent.

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

Decided September 18, 2003.

Lahtinen, J.

Claimant worked for the employer from 1965 to 1993. During all but seven years of his employment, he was exposed to asbestos. In 1993, epilepsy compelled claimant to cease working and it necessitated two operations on his brain in 1994. When claimant subsequently tested positive for asbestosis, he applied for workers' compensation disability benefits. The Workers' Compensation Board, reversing a Workers' Compensation Law Judge's decision, ruled in claimant...

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