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MATTER OF SULLIVAN v. CANTON POLICE DEPARTMENT

285 A.D.2d 850 (2001)

728 N.Y.S.2d 300

In the Matter of the Claim of CYNTHIA SULLIVAN, Respondent, v. CANTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, Appellant. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

Decided July 19, 2001.

Crew III, J.

In January 1994, while on duty as Police Chief for the employer, David W. Sullivan (hereinafter decedent) collapsed and subsequently died. The cause of death was listed as cardiopulmonary arrest secondary to a suspected pulmonary embolism. At the family's request, no autopsy was performed. Claimant, decedent's widow, subsequently applied for workers' compensation benefits. Following a hearing at which claimant and certain of decedent's co-workers appeared...

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