Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Evelyn Audouin, Appellant, v. Economist Intelligence Unit et al., Respondents. Workers' Compensation Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-07-15
Citations: 263 A.D.2d 689
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Evelyn Audouin, Appellant, v Economist Intelligence Unit et al., Respondents. Workers’ Compensation Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 263
Pages: 689–690

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Evelyn Audouin, Appellant, v Economist Intelligence Unit et al., Respondents. Workers’ Compensation Board, Respondent.
[693 NYS2d 695]

Opinion:
—Appeal from a decision of the Workers' Compensation Board, filed March 18, 1997, which ruled that claimant did not sustain an accident or occupational disease and denied workers' compensation benefits.
After being discharged from her employment as a typesetter, claimant submitted a claim for workers' compensation benefits contending that she sustained an injury to her back due to sitting in an awkward position at work for long periods of time. The Workers' Compensation Board denied claimant's application for benefits upon a finding that she did not sustain an accident or occupational disease and that her claim of an accidental injury was simply an afterthought. The record indicates that claimant lost no time from work prior to being fired, that she did not stop work due to any work-related medical condition and that she first sought medical treatment after being fired. Inasmuch as the Board's decision is supported by substantial evidence, it will not be disturbed (see, Matter of Hazzard v Commodore Hotel, 63 AD2d 1098).
Cardona, P. J., Mikoll, Yesawich Jr., Carpinello and Graffeo, JJ., concur. Ordered that the decision is affirmed, without costs.