MATTER OF SEARCHFIELD v. LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, INC.

510820.

92 A.D.3d 1038 (2012)

937 N.Y.S.2d 731

2012 NY Slip Op 869

In the Matter of the Claim of RICHARD SEARCHFIELD, Respondent, v. LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, INC., et al., Appellants. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent.

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

Decided February 9, 2012.


PETERS, J.

In October 2005, claimant was injured at his workplace while lifting a hot water heater. The initial diagnosis by the emergency room physician was "myofascial strain of legs [and] hips." A physician's report following a November 22, 2005 examination of claimant diagnosed him with hip/thigh sprain and sciatica. Later physician reports, however, focused on claimant's complaints of groin, lower back and leg pain. In July 2006, a Workers' Compensation Law Judge...

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