Worker Diagnosed with Asbestosis Following Disabling Injury Entitled to Benefits for Asbestos Injury

ALBANY - A former Consolidated Edison employee who was diagnosed with asbestosis after he suffered epileptic seizures that forced him out of work is entitled to benefits for his asbestos-related condition, a New York appeals court has held. Coleman v. Consolidated Edison. No. 93273 (N.Y. Sup. Ct, App. Div.)

The Third Judicial Department of the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division on Sept. 18 affirmed a decision of the New York Workers' Compensation Board, which awarded Charles Coleman benefits related to his asbestosis, even though experts hired by Coleman's employer opined that his disability was primarily related to his epileptic …