There is support in the record for the finding of the Workers' Compensation Board that the carrier's challenge to the claim was based upon the theory that an employer/employee relationship does not exist. Such a challenge does not estop the carrier from raising the issue of the failure of claimant to obtain the consent of the carrier prior to the settlement of a third-party action as required by Workers' Compensation Law § 29 (5) (see, Matter of Daly v Daly...
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