MATTER OF HERNANDEZ v. EXCEL RECYCLING CORPORATION


31 A.D.3d 1091 (2006)

820 N.Y.S.2d 340

In the Matter of the Claim of JOSE HERNANDEZ, Respondent, v. EXCEL RECYCLING CORPORATION et al., Appellants. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent.

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

July 27, 2006.


Mercure, J.

Claimant filed for workers' compensation benefits after he was injured in August 2003 while working for Excel Recycling Corporation. At a hearing before a Workers' Compensation Law Judge (hereinafter WCLJ), he admitted to buying his Social Security card to obtain work in the United States. Thereafter, the WCLJ established the case for injuries to claimant's back, left leg and left foot, and awarded him benefits. Excel and its workers' compensation carrier...

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