Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York May 22, 2003 (Aldrich v. St. Joseph's Hospital)

Rose, J.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed January 7, *9092002, which ruled that claimant suffered a compensable occupational disease.

Claimant, a licensed practical nurse, began working for the employer at its hospital in 1990. In March 1997, she experienced pain in her right foot and knee while walking on the job and went to the emergency room.