MATTER OF PECK v. VILLAGE OF GOUVERNEUR


15 A.D.3d 735 (2005)

790 N.Y.S.2d 246

In the Matter of the Claim of JERRY PECK, Respondent, v. VILLAGE OF GOUVERNEUR, Appellant. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent.

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

February 10, 2005.


Kane, J.

Claimant, a volunteer firefighter, sustained injuries to his head, chest and neck when the fire truck in which he was riding while responding to a fire struck a dip in the road. Claimant's claim for workers' compensation benefits was established in 2000. However, when a subsequent surgical procedure undertaken to mitigate claimant's continuing pain and discomfort from a fracture at the injury site revealed cancerous growths along claimant's spine, the employer...

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