Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York April 18, 2002 (Claim of Benjamin v. International Business Machines)

Cardona, P.J.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 17, 2000, which ruled that claimant did not sustain a causally related occupational disease and denied his claim for workers’ compensation benefits.

Claimant was employed by International Business Machines (hereinafter IBM) for 15 years until he was laid off in 1993.