Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York July 3, 2014 (Claim of Smith v. Oneida Ltd.)

Garry, J.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 6, 2012, which ruled, among other things, that decedent’s death was causally related to his occupational illness.

In 1991, a compensable injury was established to the lungs of claimant’s husband (hereinafter decedent), after which he was found to be permanently partially disabled in 1992.