The carrier's claim for reimbursement was filed pursuant to subdivision 8 of section 15 of the Workmen's Compensation Law on the ground that the decedent's death "would not have occurred except for such pre-existing permanent physical impairment" (Workmen's Compensation Law, § 15, subd. 8, par. [e]). In this instance the employee's pre-existing impairment consisted of the absence of his left hand. He was stabbed by a fellow employee...
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