The employee became totally disabled August 20, 1948 from silicosis contracted in the course of his employment and died from this disease November 25, 1949. The carrier has paid the funeral expenses and the question is whether the carrier should be reimbursed for this expense by the Special Disability Fund. The statute (Workmen's Compensation Law, § 15, subd. 8, par. [ee], as added by L. 1947, ch. 431) provides that in a case of disability from silicosis or other dust...
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