Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Gieni Amato, Respondent, v. Sklar Lumber & Millwork Co., Inc., et al., Appellants. Workers' Compensation Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1980-07-17
Citations: 77 A.D.2d 721
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Gieni Amato, Respondent, v Sklar Lumber & Millwork Co., Inc., et al., Appellants. Workers’ Compensation Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 77
Pages: 721–721

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Gieni Amato, Respondent, v Sklar Lumber & Millwork Co., Inc., et al., Appellants. Workers’ Compensation Board, Respondent.

Opinion:
Appeals from decisions of the Workers' Compensation Board, filed April 21, 1978 and February 27, 1979, which held that the deceased claimant sustained an occupational disease of a pulmonary nature and affirmed the award made. The board stated: "Upon a review of the record the Majority of the Board Panel reverses the Workers' Compensation Law Judge (Referee) disallowances of occupational disease and death, and finds, based on the testimony of the foreman, E. Fink, that claimant was in constant contact with lacquers, thinners and fumes, and the testimony and medical evidence of Dr. M. Bruckstein, that the claimant sustained an occupational disease of a pulmonary nature, arising out of and in the course of his employment on January 14, 1972, which resulted in the claimant's death on October 14, 1974." The matter was thereafter restored to the referee's calendar for the making of an award, which was affirmed by the board on February 27, 1979. Substantial evidence supports the determination of the board. Decisions affirmed, with costs to the Workers' Compensation Board against the employer and its insurance carrier. Mahoney, P. J., Greenblott, Main, Mikoll and Herlihy, JJ., concur.