N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law Section 44-A
Liability of employer

silicosis or other dust diseases

The employer in whose employment an employee was last exposed to an injurious dust hazard shall be liable for the payments required by this chapter when disability or death of the employee shall be due to silicosis or other dust disease.

Source: Section 44-A — Liability of employer; silicosis or other dust diseases, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/WKC/44-A (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Apr. 20, 2024).

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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 44‑B
Liability of employer 45
Notice to employers 46
Information 47
Presumption as to the cause of disease 48
Diseases which are accidents

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Original Source: Section 44-A — Liability of employer; silicosis or other dust diseases, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/WKC/44-A (last accessed Aug. 20, 2023).

N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law Section 44-A Liability of employer

N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law Section 44-A
Liability of employer