Claimant's employer and its insurance carrier applied for reimbursement out of the Special Disability Fund pursuant to subdivision 8 of section 15 of the Workers' Compensation Law on the ground that some degree of claimant's disability was the result of a pre-existing permanent condition of severe hypertension. The board found that "the employer did not have sufficient information to arrive at a good-faith belief as to the nature of extent of prior condition". Whether the...
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