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VALENTINE v. AMERICAN AIRLINES

17 A.D.3d 38 (2005)

791 N.Y.S.2d 217

In the Matter of the Claim of WILLIAM S. VALENTINE, Appellant, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES et al., Respondents. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent.

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

March 17, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam L. Aronson, Lambda Legal Defense Fund, New York City, for appellant.

Weiss, Wexler & Wornow P.C., New York City (Matthew E. Weerth of counsel), for American Airlines and another, respondents.

Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, Albany (Julie M. Sheridan of counsel), for Workers' Compensation Board, respondent.

CARDONA, P.J., CREW III, MUGGLIN and ROSE, JJ., concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

KANE, J.

Decedent was working for the employer as a flight attendant when his flight crashed in New York City in November 2001, causing his death. Claimant and decedent had been domestic partners for approximately 21 years prior to that time. They owned an apartment together, jointly held bank accounts and investments, designated each other as executors and beneficiaries on various legal documents and registered as domestic partners...

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