Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Florence Goodenough, Respondent, against General Motors Corporation, Harrison Radiator Division, Appellant. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1952-09-24
Citations: 280 A.D. 907
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Florence Goodenough, Respondent, against General Motors Corporation, Harrison Radiator Division, Appellant. Workmen’s Compensation Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 280
Pages: 907–907

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Florence Goodenough, Respondent, against General Motors Corporation, Harrison Radiator Division, Appellant. Workmen’s Compensation Board, Respondent.

Opinion:
Appeal by a self-insured employer from an award of the Workmen's Compensation Board for disability and death benefits. Deceased employee was injured in the course of his employment when he struck his leg on an angle iron and tore open a melanotic tumor. The board has bound that decedent subsequently died as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage due to a metastatic sarcoma, and as a result of the original injury to his leg. There is positive medical evidence to support this view. Appellant's only contention is that there is no substantial evidence of causal relation. While the medical evidence is conflicting the record presents a clear question of fact. Award affirmed, with costs to the Workmen's Compensation Board. Foster, P. J., Brewster, Bergan and Coon, JJ., concur; Heffernan, J., taking no part.