Claim of Zimmerman v. Akron Falls Park

New York Court of Appeals
Claim of Zimmerman v. Akron Falls Park, 29 N.Y.2d 815 (N.Y. 1971)
277 N.E.2d 668; 327 N.Y.S.2d 652; 1971 N.Y. LEXIS 954

Claim of Zimmerman v. Akron Falls Park

Opinion of the Court

Order reversed, with costs against the respondents employer and Fund, and the decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board reinstated in a memorandum: There was substantial medical evidence that claimant suffered a 50% loss of use of his arm attributable solely to the 1967 accident, and this the board properly found, ‘ ‘ in view of the restricted motion of the left shoulder and in spite of the prior left forearm amputation”. Thus, as the dissenters at the Appellate Division correctly concluded : ‘ ‘ The record clearly indicates that the award made to claimant was limited only to the injury caused by the 1967 accident. Claimant’s 1924 accident did not affect his left shoulder which was injured in the 1967 accident causing the 50% loss of use of the left arm.” (See Workmen’s Compensation Law, § 15, subd. 7.)

Concur: Chief Judge Fuld and Judges Burke, Bergan, Breital and Gibson. Judges Scileppi and Jasen dissent and vote to affirm on the opinion at the Appellate Division.

Reference

Full Case Name
In the Matter of the Claim of Howard Zimmerman v. Akron Falls Park — Erie County, and Special Disability Fund, Workmen's Compensation Board
Cited By
7 cases
Status
Published