IN THE MATTER OF EARLY v. NEW YORK TEL. CO.


57 A.D.3d 1341 (2008)

870 N.Y.S.2d 573

In the Matter of the Claim of JOHN EARLY, Claimant, v. NEW YORK TELEPHONE COMPANY, Presently Known as VERIZON, INC., et al., Respondents, and SPECIAL FUND FOR REOPENED CASES, Appellant. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent.

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

December 31, 2008.


Malone Jr., J.

In June 1992, claimant sustained a compensable injury to his right knee. Following surgery in August 1992 and again in December 1994, he received workers' compensation benefits. In January 1996, a Workers' Compensation Law Judge (hereinafter WCLJ) granted claimant a 10% schedule loss of use award of his right leg and ordered that the self-insured employer be reimbursed for all wages previously paid to claimant. Claimant filed an application for review...

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