MATTER OF FIERRO-SWITZER v. WORLD TRADE CTR. VOLUNTEER FUND

532851.

207 A.D.3d 827 (2022)

172 N.Y.S.3d 174

2022 NY Slip Op 04334

In the Matter of the Claim of Maria Fierro-Switzer, Appellant, v. World Trade Center Volunteer Fund, Respondent. Workers' Compensation Board, Respondent.

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

Decided July 7, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano LLP, New York City ( Michael K. Gruber of counsel), for appellant.

Garry, P.J., Egan Jr., Reynolds Fitzgerald and McShan, JJ., concur.


Claimant's spouse (hereinafter decedent) was a member of the New York City Fire Department who, following an on-the-job injury, retired from the department on a disability pension in the late 1990s. Decedent died in March 2018. In July 2018, claimant filed a claim for death benefits asserting that decedent died from metastatic kidney cancer...

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