Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Leslie Gamble, Respondent, v. New York State Narcotics Addict Control Commission et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1977-12-22
Citations: 60 A.D.2d 703
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Leslie Gamble, Respondent, v New York State Narcotics Addict Control Commission et al., Appellants. Workmen’s Compensation Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 60
Pages: 703–703

Head Matter:
(December 22, 1977)
In the Matter of the Claim of Leslie Gamble, Respondent, v New York State Narcotics Addict Control Commission et al., Appellants. Workmen’s Compensation Board, Respondent.

Opinion:
Appeal from a decision of the Workmen's Compensation Board, filed March 19, 1976, which found that decedent's death on January 16, 1973 was causally related to his employment. The board found: "On the basis of the probative medical and credible lay evidence that the claimant sustained a psychic trauma resulting from his job change and that such psychosis and mental derangement caused the suicide thereby constituting an accidental injury within the meaning of the law. The job change precipitated the outbreak of anxiety and bizarre thinking which resulted ultimately in the development of psychosis and thereafter hospitalization psychiatrically." There is substantial evidence to sustain the determination of the board. Decision affirmed, with costs to the Workmen's Compensation Board against the employer and its insurance carrier. Koreman, P. J., Greenblott, Sweeney, Mikoll and Herlihy, JJ., concur.