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Claim of Townsend v. Union Bag & Paper Corp.

307 N.Y. 710 Court N.Y. Decision date 1954-07-14 English

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p. 710
In the Matter of the Claim of Truman Townsend, Respondent, against Union Bag and Paper Corp. et al., Appellants. Workmen’s Compensation Board, Respondent.
Argued June 2, 1954;
decided July 14, 1954.
p. 711
JobAi E. Knauf for appellants.
Nathaniel L. Goldstein, Attorney-General (Daniel Polansky, Wendell P. Brown and Boy Wiedersum of counsel), for Workmen’s Compensation Board, respondent.

Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.

Concur: Lewis, Ch. J., Conway, Desmond, Dye, Fuld and Froessel, JJ. Van Voorhis, J., dissents and votes to reverse upon the ground that there is no substantial evidence that claimant sustained an occupational disease arising out of and in the course of his employment by appellant employer.