JEFFERSON v. BRONX CTR.


55 N.Y.2d 69 (1982)

In the Matter of Yvonne Jefferson, Claimant, v. Bronx Psychiatric Center et al., Appellants. Workers' Compensation Board, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 16, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Spargo and Peter M. Pryor for appellants.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Morris N. Lissauer, Shirley Adelson Siegel and Henriette Frieder of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur in Per Curiam opinion.


Per Curiam.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

Under section 25 (subd 4, par [a]) of the Workers' Compensation Law, an employer's "advance payment of compensation" or "payments to an employee in like manner as wages" during a period of disability need not be voluntary in order to be reimbursable. So their character is not altered when, as here, they are required to be made pursuant...

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