§ 37 Definitions
§ 38 Disablement treated as accident
§ 39 Right to compensation
§ 41 Examining physicians
§ 42 Date of disablement
§ 44 Liability of employer
§ 44-A Liability of employer; silicosis or other dust diseases
§ 44-B Liability of employer; compressed air illness
§ 45 Notice to employers
§ 46 Information; penalty
§ 47 Presumption as to the cause of disease
§ 48 Diseases which are accidents
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Terms Used In New York Laws > Workers' Compensation > Article 3 - Occupational Diseases

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Court reporter: A person who makes a word-for-word record of what is said in court and produces a transcript of the proceedings upon request.
  • Disability: means the state of being disabled from earning full wages at the work at which the employee was last employed. See N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law 37
  • Disablement: means the act of becoming so disabled as defined in subdivision one. See N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law 37
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).