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MATTER OF BROWN v. NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION

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74 A.D.3d 1592 (2010)

903 N.Y.S.2d 208

In the Matter of the Claim of MARLON S. BROWN, Appellant, v. NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, Respondent. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent.

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

Decided June 17, 2010.

Lahtinen, J.

After claimant became light-headed at work in 1999 it was determined that his light-headedness was caused by cardiomyopathy. He was thereafter absent from work for several months and applied for workers' compensation benefits, arguing that work-related stress led to hypertension which, in turn, triggered the cardiomyopathy. The Workers' Compensation Board disallowed his claim, finding that he had not established a causal link between job stress and his...

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