Claim of Berkowitz v. New York State Labor Relations Board

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Claim of Berkowitz v. New York State Labor Relations Board

67 A.D.2d 773, 412 N.Y.S.2d 444, 1979 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 10420

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided January 11, 1979·Published·Cited by 2 cases

Opinion

— Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed April 6, 1978, which held that claimant’s accident occurred within the environs of employment. The board found that: "Claimant, employed as clerk for the New York State Labor Relations Board, whose offices are located in the World Trade Center, while taking some letters from the office to drop into the mail box slipped and fell in the [774] Concourse of the World Trade Center on 5/4/77.” The board further found that: "the accident occurred within the environs of employment, therefore [sic], the accident arose out of and in the course of employment.” These findings are supported by substantial evidence and the decision of the board must, therefore, be affirmed. Decision affirmed, with costs to the Workers’ Compensation Board against the employer and its insurance carrier. Greenblott, J. P., Kane, Main, Mikoll and Herlihy, JJ., concur.

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— Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed April 6, 1978, which held that claimant’s accident occurred within the environs of employment. The board found that: "Claimant, employed as clerk for the New York State Labor Relations Board, whose offices are located in the World Trade Center, while taking some letters from the office to drop into the mail box slipped and fell in the [774] Concourse of the World Trade Center on 5/4/77.” The board further found that: "the accident occurred within the environs of employment, therefore [sic], the accident arose out of and in the course of employment.” These findings are supported by substantial evidence and the decision of the board must, therefore, be affirmed. Decision affirmed, with costs to the Workers’ Compensation Board against the employer and its insurance carrier. Greenblott, J. P., Kane, Main, Mikoll and Herlihy, JJ., concur.

Claim of Berkowitz v. New York State Labor Relations Board, 67 A.D.2d 773, 412 N.Y.S.2d 444, 1979 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 10420 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1979).

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