2016 New York Laws
VAW - Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit
Article 4 - (Volunteer Ambulance Workers' Benefit) PROCEDURE
44 - Presumptions.

 44. Presumptions.  If a claim for benefits is filed within two years
  after the injury, or, if death results therefrom, is  filed  within  two
  years  after  such  death,  as  provided  in  section  forty-one of this
  article, then in any proceeding for the enforcement of  such  claim,  it
  shall  be  presumed  in  the  absence  of  substantial  evidence  to the
  contrary:
1. That the claim comes within the provisions of this chapter.
2. That sufficient notice thereof was given.
3. That the injury was not occasioned by the wilful intention  of  the
  injured volunteer ambulance worker to bring about the injury or death of
  himself or another.
4.  That the injury did not result solely from the intoxication of the
  injured volunteer ambulance worker while acting in line of duty.
5. That the contents of medical and  surgical  reports  introduced  in
  evidence by claimants for benefits shall constitute prima facie evidence
  of fact as to the matter contained therein.