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FILE NAME: RT Vanderbilt (RTV) DATE: 1979 Apr 19 DOC#: RTV049 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Workmen's Compensation Board Notice of Decision o f . 'k ''* y o r k "' , DATE OF HEARING DATE OF THIS NOTICE . NOTICE OF DECISION 3/ 2 7 /7 9 Mirao . - 4/ L 9 /7 9 J n WCR-Cifr Nh. ' - harden! ' . ' 67605422 : , . OMtr Cifr No: ' ' - CWr' ioc.Kl S^uH*v Numhfp' ' in death case . 0 :1 2 6 9 9 2 . i. . I t fe rn t) Clim n nli Smx L. Barr 3O3CBPiT*iirfTcurStgtv. Hf Eltiplover: . 'FCitieUiMVfebit',J,J'-gCRlAtt* t. l c "C'o. ' . A tty. cb t & F ilie n ; ' ltQ fficv: S5yQrn..<RnMy p HT 132023 tw Special Fuad Ccn Const 1OstticFf,ctHioTn1a35B01tk 81%. , WFinwatineccr#'UCnqitaq.xumti.onBoa"rd 1A9lb4a9nHyo,*HBTrb12.d2.w41jr FINDINGS: . ^iiV::y.:wpj^;. yi.9n^_Tt ffnfrL-fr.n Koa^rt p o _ J g / l / ? S- AWARD .- ..THE EMPLOVER AND/OR THE INSURANCE CARRIER ARE DIRECTED TO PAY AT ONCE AS FOLLOWS: ; ; ' ' . -Nimf . . AhUrp-. .. . .. .ly/r i Olr*h_ Pftvtml'jlL. . 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' -."f ' v`, .-A '' bcainnp. vili : ' - .C , 1: Death bontiUs ie surviving. widowshdli be Increased to 40% of deccdpn!'s average weekly! wage base upon s: - . i.crfhTtlo of Benefits to children;. . ' ' yvVy' S t a t e O f f ic e Illjg.-Rr. 3J.2 ,3 I IS- Washington :St* ^Syracuse '| FI Sept Wed 13, 1978 10 AM ai*R177j i i^3oJ -"" U 5oi*rreuhv"n.TOe C h N*` 40 126992, S p e c ia l Funds Cops. Comm* F i r s t N a tio n a l Dank Bldg. U tic a , NY 13501 Emfldriy . . . \`' . ` Sugarnian, VJallacc, Manhcim, ta l *** , G buvcracur T alc Co. 499 So. Warren S t .- S u it e 203 Balm at, NvY. 13609 S yracu se, HY 13202 CNA I n su r a n c e Co. P.O . Box 4855 S y r a c u s e , NY 13221 Oot & F allon , Atcys. 501 . Washington St. c u s e . NY 13202 tHCI'H.NEPCASEWASheWRfRAaaNELof , IHhCMSMUERSt THEr>LACCPAIEANDTIMEINDICATED . , Preseni; ; Seymour Posner . l l n e *1. S l a t e r H e n r y M. C h r i s t m a n ; Presiefirvfl. . ' PLEASETAKENICEtHATTH.BASdSMEMORANDUMOf DECISIONINTHEABOVECLAIMIS.PRINTEDBLW. ' v 1 V : Me m o r a n d u m o f . d e c is io n - ; ,; i C laim ant-w idow vs a tto rn ey s o b je c t to th e d e c is io n below f i l e d 1/ 0/ 7S contending d eced en t's death is C au sally re la ted to the occupational ta lco sis. .. ' '..1' . / . Case .67511536 in v o lv e s a com pensable o ccu p a tio n a l (ta lc o s is . Date of d isa b le m e n t 11/ 17/ 7 5 . Com pensation awarded: fretti. 11/ 17/75 to 5/ 3/ 7 6 , d at, o f d e a th , a t $8 0 , 2 2 , t o t a l d i s a b i l i t y . A verage w eekly wage S120..3 3 . Th r c o r d i n d i c a t e s d e c e d e n t Was em ployed a t G ouverneur T a l Company, from 1952 t 1 9 6 9 , some 1 0-12 y e a r s as a m achine o p e r a t o r , and some 4 -5 y e a r s as a c a r l i n e r and was exposed to ta lc -, P ecd n t was employed from 1969 to 1975 a.S a s t o c k c le r k a t H a r r i s v i l l e . M a n u fa ctu rin g C o r p o r a tio n w ith . no hazardous ex p o su re. C liffo r d K it t s , C h ie f C hem ist w ith T terte tib h a l T a lc frbm 1952 to 1974 t e s t i f i e d bn f i/3 /7 7 as t o th e ch em ic a l c o n te n t Of th mined t a l c ; th a t th e t a lc mined at I n te r n a tio n a l T alc i s s u b s t a n t ia lly th ' .same s th e t a l c mined, t G ouverneur T a lc ; t h a t th e m ines are ab ou t 2 0 t o 300 y a r d s a p a r t; th a t h e becam e f a m i l i a r w ith th e t a l c and .surround in g en viron m en t a t both Gouverneur and I n te r n a tio n a l T alc; th a t a s b e s to s i s found in th e t a l c mined at b oth I n t e r n a t io n a l and Gouverneur T lc-- a t l e a s t tw o t o f i v e p.f.ch.t., and some o f i t as h ig h as 60% a s b e s t o s , found in th f a ie mined t In te r n a tfo n a i T a lc . Hr. K itts a ls o t e s t i f i e d th a t : he took sam p les from Gouverneur from 1940-1952 and c o n d itio n s have not changed s in c e th en . Larry M ishler, in d u s tr ia l H ygiene Chem ist, c a r r ie r 's c o n s u l t a n t , t e s t i f i e d on 10/ 1 2 /7 7 fcjiat he t e s t e d sam ple? Of a ir b o r n e p a r t i c l e s a t th oubeTneur T a lc m in e. H i l l 7>i , where d e c e d e n t worked ; ; and h i s r e p o r t i n d i c a t e s t h a t t h e a s b e s t o s ;0 rm m in ra l was p r a c t i c a l l y o n -x istr v t ; th a t th e I n te r n a tio n a l T a ie m ines lo c a te d some 200-390 f e e t from G ou vern eu r m ines would n o t n e c e s s a r i l y h ave th sa-me p r o p e r t ie s o f c o m p o s it io n , and th e t e s t s were p erform ed from 5/ 2 0 /7 5 to Q /3/ . 7 5 . ; 1 ' . D r. M i l l e r r e p o r te d and t e s t i T ied on 0/ 3/ 77. t h a t . h e exam ined th e d e c e d e n t on 11/ 1 7 /7 5 and 3/ 22/76 and d i agn osed e n d t i on a? p n e m b cn ip sis, nam ely t a l c o s i s , and bfonChogenip carcinom a, op erated ; th a t in h is op in ion the . d eced n t ' s . pnUm pcpnis i s was c us a l l y r e ! a te d to Hi's 17 y e a r ? o f em p loyfhenp w ith t h e G ouverneur T a lc Company; arid t h a t the. u n d e r ly in g : lu h g . : . a o n d itip n was a p red isp osin g fa c to r fo r can cer; th at ppstmrtm rep ort g i v e s a d i a g n o s i s p f b to rieh o g n ie carb in om a w i t h d a r c i noma t o s i S : and c u s e o f d ea th W ouig seem to be C a r c in o m a to si? and i t i s known t h a t th e r e i s ah i n c r e a s e i p i n c i d e n t s o f lurtg c a n c e r in p e o p le w ith , p h eu m p eo n ib sis arid ; th e r e .is f e l t to h e a r e la t io n s h ip b etw een t a ic p s iS and lu n g c a n c e r , and . .. in t h i s ' c a s e th e lu n g c a n ce r was th e c a u s e o f t h e f i n a l d e m is e . . . Da . Mxpn, . E xp ert Gh e s t co n su lta n t-., r e p o r te d and t e s t i f i e d on 10/ 6 /7 6 t h a t h i s r e v i gw. C e n t. i'iT-'.'i..,' i 'I \ . : Take riolie* ihUihc? decsiori iri the obovr. Gnlrnws dirMiied ih thft Office oTtfd SberciAfy f ihe.Workmen's Compchpohah' ' W.C.Q. C ase No. 6 "76054 22 Dth (6 7 5 1 1 I S) (Dth) v i . G o u v e rh e u . T a lc Company 9/13/78 of the m edical record indicateci the decedent had tg lc o s is ; th a t in the l i te la tu r e , th e re 'is a d e f in i t e proven r e la tio n s h ip between th development o f m a l i g n a n t dj/sesse of th c h e s t and g s b e s t o s i s ; t h a t th e r e i s no e v id e n c e t h a t t h e d e C e S n t Had a .s li .S to s is j t h a t i n h i s o p i n i o n d e c e d e n t was n o t t o t a l l y ..d is a b le d frm th e co m bination of t a l c o s is and lung cancer. , Dr. b o o lin g f i l e d a -.64, P ro o f of Death, dated 5/11/76 in d ic a tin g d ate of d e a th a s 5 /3 /7 6 and cau se of d e a th as c a rc in o m a to s is . ; Upon r e v ie w o f th e fe e o r d th e .'Board P a n e l f i n d s , b ase d on th e te s tim o n y o f Mr h i t t s , t h a t t e s t s p e r f o r m e d pn s a m p l i n g s Of. t a l c o s i s i n d i c a t e a 2%~S% a s b e t o s c o n t e n t and a s h i g h a s a 60',* c o n t e n t , and on t h e b a s i s o f D r / M i l l e r *s t o s fcimony t h a t d e c e d e n t * s u n d e r l y i n g iunij c o n d i t i o n , pneuftibco ni o s i s , is a p re d isp o sin g ' f a c to r fo r lung can cer and Dr. Mason's t e s t i m o n y t h a t t h b r e i s a d e f i n i t e r e l a t i o n s h i p b e tw e e n a s b e s t o s i s grid lixng d a n c e r , t h a t t h e d e c e d e n t 1s d e a t h on 5 / 5 / 7 6 i s c a u s a l l y r e l a t e d t o h is cpmpnsabi bccpatlohal talco s i s . . . A c c o x ;d ir ig iy , f i n d i n g s a r e made a s i n d i c a t e d i n t h e p r e c e d i n g p a r a g r a p h . ... T h e d e c i s i o n belo w f i l e d 1 /1 0 /7 8 i s REVERSED. _ C a s e i s R e s t o r e d t o t h e t r i a l calender for appropriate award. . A ll concur. . . - Seymour Posher .llene J . S later H e n ry M. C h r i s t m a n o f d e a th. v p i l d s eom t o bq p a r e inonlh t o s i ? a n d i t :.i? ;known t h a t t h e r e i s an