Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Adam Di Sarro, Respondent, against Abraham Stone et al., Doing Business as Stone Liquor Distributors, et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1954-11-18
Citations: 284 A.D. 994
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Adam Di Sarro, Respondent, against Abraham Stone et al., Doing Business as Stone Liquor Distributors, et al., Appellants. Workmen’s Compensation Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 284
Pages: 994–994

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Adam Di Sarro, Respondent, against Abraham Stone et al., Doing Business as Stone Liquor Distributors, et al., Appellants. Workmen’s Compensation Board, Respondent.

Opinion:
Appeal by an employer and its insurance carrier from a decision and award of the Workmen's Compensation Board allowing disability benefits to claimant. Claimant's final physical disability was caused by a ruptured intervertebral disc which required surgical treatment. His employment was that of an assistant sales manager, and' the board has found that long hours of driving his automobile, together with opening the trunk compartment of his ear, aggravated a previously existing back condition and caused the rupture of an intervertebral disc. There is medical testimony to support such finding. This type of injury falls within the category of those injuries caused by routine strain or exertion, but which lead to a mechanical or structural change in the body, and is therefore compensable (1 Larson on Workmen's Compensation Law, § 38.20). Award and decision unanimously affirmed, with costs to the Workmen's Compensation Board. Present — Foster, P. J., Bergan, Coon, Halpern and Imrie, JJ.