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N.Y. WKC Law § 44-B

This is the official text of N.Y. WKC Law § 44-B, part of New York’s WKC Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "WKC Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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Liability of employer; compressed air illness

Official statutory text

§ 44-b. Liability of employer; compressed air illness. With respect to\nclaims filed after July first, nineteen hundred sixty-one, for\ncompensation on account of disability or death resulting from compressed\nair illness or its sequelae, the employer who is made liable for the\ntotal compensation as provided by section forty-four of this article,\nshall not be entitled to an apportionment of such compensation among\nprior employers.\n

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