Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York June 27, 2002 (Claim of Curtis v. Dale Pipery Corp.)

Spain, J.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 29, 2000, which ruled that claimant voluntarily withdrew from the labor market and denied his claim for workers’ compensation benefits.

From 1980 until late 1990 or early 1991, claimant worked as a steamfitter and his duties included, inter alia, removing asbestos insulation from old piping.