MATTER OF MONROE v. TOWN OF CHESTER


42 A.D.3d 862 (2007)

840 N.Y.S.2d 642

In the Matter of the Claim of ROBERT MONROE, Respondent, v. TOWN OF CHESTER et al., Appellants. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent.

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

Decided July 26, 2007.


Lahtinen, J.

Claimant, a mechanic in the employer's highway department, reportedly injured his back when lifting equipment at his job on April 18, 1997. Approximately two months earlier, complaining of pain in his left leg and numbness in his left foot, claimant had sought medical care, which led to a CT scan on April 9, 1997 (nine days before the work-related accident) revealing a disc herniation at L5-S1. He was referred...

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