MATTER OF GORBEA v. VERIZON N.Y. INC.

531399.

199 A.D.3d 1253 (2021)

159 N.Y.S.3d 179

2021 NY Slip Op 06580

In the Matter of the Claim of Sonya Gorbea, Appellant, v. Verizon New York Inc. et al., Respondents. Workers' Compensation Board, Respondent.

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

Decided November 24, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sonya Gorbea, New York City, appellant pro se.

White and Williams LLP, Pleasantville ( Scott H. Casher of counsel), for Verizon New York Inc. and another, respondents.

Lynch, Clark, Pritzker and Colangelo, JJ., concur.


Claimant, who was unrepresented, applied for workers' compensation benefits after work-related stress purportedly caused an exacerbation of a preexisting psychological condition. Following a hearing, a Workers' Compensation Law Judge (hereinafter WCLJ) disallowed the claim in a decision filed on October 29, 2018, finding that claimant...

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