MATTER OF NICKEL v. KINGS PARK PSYCHIATRIC CENTER


52 A.D.3d 1130 (2008)

860 N.Y.S.2d 678

In the Matter of the Claim of GEORGE J. NICKEL, Respondent, v. KINGS PARK PSYCHIATRIC CENTER 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.

Decided June 26, 2008.


Malone Jr., J.

Claimant injured his back while working for the employer on April 29, 1991, and he received workers' compensation benefits for the period April 30, 1991 through May 28, 1991. A Workers' Compensation Law Judge (hereinafter WCLJ) authorized symptomatic treatment and closed the case in September 1992. On May 28, 1996, claimant sustained another injury while working for the same employer. In August 1997, a WCLJ reopened the 1991 case to travel with the...

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