Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York October 31, 2002 (Claim of Knisell v. Treasure Chest Advertising Co.)

Mercure, J.P.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 13, 2001, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant sustained a causally related neck injury.

Claimant was injured at work on October 12, 1999 when she bent down under a cutter to pick up a pile of books that she had dropped and slammed her neck and shoulder on the edge of the cutter when she stood up.