Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1948

Claim of Vaitulus v. General Electric Co.

Claim of Vaitulus v. General Electric Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided November 17, 1948
274 A.D. 958; 83 N.Y.S.2d 760; 1948 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4247
Claim of Vaitulus v. General Electric Co.

Opinion of the Court

Award of compensation to employee injured while wheeling a truck. The evidence shows that after long hospitalization the condition from which claimant suffered was a diaphragmatic hernia through the esophageal opening. The medical evidence sustains the finding that this condition was the direct result of the accident suffered by the claimant. Award unanimously affirmed, with costs to the Workmen’s Compensation Board. Present — Hill, P. J., Heffernan, Brewster, Foster and Deyo, JJ.

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