Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York May 12, 2011 (Claim of Heckerman v. Daimler Chrysler Corp.)

Lahtinen, J.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 16, 2009, which ruled that claimant sustained a work-related accident.

Claimant worked for many years in an area of the employer’s plant where overhead pipes were wrapped in asbestos insulation. In 2002, he was diagnosed with an asbestos-related lung disease and he filed a claim, which the employer contested.