IN THE MATTER OF NATALE v. NEW YORK CITY DEPT. OF CORRECTION


17 A.D.3d 877 (2005)

793 N.Y.S.2d 594

In the Matter of the Claim of RALPH NATALE, Respondent, v. NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION et al., Respondents, and SPECIAL FUND FOR REOPENED CASES, Appellant. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

April 21, 2005.


Lahtinen, J.

In this appeal, the Special Fund for Reopened Cases (herein after Fund; see Workers' Compensation Law § 25-a) challenges its liability for benefits awarded to claimant. In December 1986, claimant, a correction officer employed by the New York City Department of Correction, was reportedly stabbed in the arm with a bloody knife-like weapon while attempting to break up a fight among inmates. He received...

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