Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1948

Claim of Ruby v. Lustig

Claim of Ruby v. Lustig
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided November 17, 1948
274 A.D. 954; 83 N.Y.S.2d 665; 1948 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4233
Claim of Ruby v. Lustig

Opinion of the Court

Award of compensation to an employee who, following extreme exertion and extension of his -arms in painting, suffered a cardiac attack. The evidence sustains the finding. Award affirmed, with costs to the Workmen’s Compensation Board. Hill, P. J., Heffernan, Foster and Russell, JJ., concur; Deyo, J., dissents, on the ground that the evidence does not support the conclusion and the findings of fact that .the claimant was engaged in any unusual work and exertion and there is no evidence to support a finding of accidental injuries arising out of and within the intent and meaning of the Workmen’s Compensation Law.

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