Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Henry Hall, Respondent, v. Chevrolet Tonawanda Division, General Motors Corporation, Appellant, and Special Funds Conservation Committee, Respondent. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1971-11-03
Citations: 37 A.D.2d 1008
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Henry Hall, Respondent, v. Chevrolet Tonawanda Division, General Motors Corporation, Appellant, and Special Funds Conservation Committee, Respondent. Workmen’s Compensation Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 37
Pages: 1008–1008

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Henry Hall, Respondent, v. Chevrolet Tonawanda Division, General Motors Corporation, Appellant, and Special Funds Conservation Committee, Respondent. Workmen’s Compensation Board, Respondent.

Opinion:
Appeal from a decision of the Workmen's Compensation Board, filed April 16, 1970. On March 25, 1969 claimant, a core machine operator, sustained an injury to his back while in the course of employment. Although he had previously suffered several back injuries, the last in 1958, he had no back problems during the intervening 11 years. The board found that claimant's disability "was causally related solely" to such accidental injury. The board was under no compulsion to apportion the award among the prior back injuries and the instant one (Matter of Engle v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., 6 N Y 2d 449; Matter of Rados v. Woodlawn Water Supply Dist., 31 A D 2d 879) and its conclusion is supported by substantial medical evidence (Matter of Longiaru v. Brennan & Sloan, 32 A D 2d 681; Matter of Rados v. Woodlawn Water Supply Dist., supra). Decision affirmed, with costs to the Workmen's Compensation Board. Herlihy, P. J., Reynolds, Greenblott, Sweeney and Simons, JJ., concur.