IN THE MATTER OF CLAIM OF WARINER v. ASSOCIATED PRESS


12 A.D.3d 863 (2004)

784 N.Y.S.2d 716

In the Matter of the Claim of PATRICIA (TAD BARTIMUS) WARINER, Appellant, v. ASSOCIATED PRESS et al., Respondents. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent.

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

November 18, 2004.


Spain, J.P.

Claimant worked as a war correspondent in and around Vietnam from 1973 to 1974. While there, claimant experienced multiple health problems, and was hospitalized upon her return to the United States in 1974. Claimant sought workers' compensation benefits after she was diagnosed as suffering from lupus in 1992, which the employer's medical director suspected had been caused by exposure to Agent Orange while in Vietnam. That doctor admitted, and the workers...

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