MATTER OF FRANCIS v. JEWELRY BOX CORPORATION OF AMERICA

512420.

95 A.D.3d 1515 (2012)

945 N.Y.S.2d 767

2012 NY Slip Op 3902

In the Matter of the Claim of NEVILLE FRANCIS, Appellant, v. JEWELRY BOX CORPORATION OF AMERICA et al., Respondents and SPECIAL FUND FOR REOPENED CASES, Respondent. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent.

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

Decided May 17, 2012.


MERCURE, J.P.

After sustaining a traumatic work-related crush injury to his right hand in August 1987, claimant was classified as having a permanent partial disability and awarded workers' compensation benefits. On May 26, 1993, the Workers' Compensation Board approved a lump-sum nonschedule adjustment pursuant to Workers' Compensation Law § 15 (5-b) in the amount of $54,600, and the case was closed. Thereafter, claimant...

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