MATTER OF DECHICK v. AUBURN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY


38 A.D.3d 1094 (2007)

833 N.Y.S.2d 261

In the Matter of the Claim of FRANK DECHICK, Appellant, v. AUBURN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY et al., Respondents. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent.

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

Decided March 15, 2007.


Kane, J.

Following claimant's November 2002 accident wherein he slipped on wet steps while working as a maintenance assistant at Auburn Correctional Facility in Cayuga County, his case was established for a work-related right knee injury. Claimant underwent right knee surgery in April 2003 and subsequently requested further action on his case, alleging that he suffered a consequential aggravation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (hereinafter COPD). A hearing...

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