MATTER OF GOVAN v. NEW YORK CITY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORP.


62 A.D.3d 1172 (2009)

878 N.Y.S.2d 839

In the Matter of LAURA GOVAN, Appellant, v. NEW YORK CITY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION, Respondent. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent.

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

Decided May 21, 2009.


McCARTHY, J.

Following a hearing, a Worker's Compensation Law Judge (hereinafter WCLJ) classified claimant, a former licensed practical nurse who had been pricked with a needle that had been used on an HIV patient, as permanently partially disabled as a result of post-traumatic stress disorder and awarded workers' compensation benefits. In this decision, the WCLJ also ordered the self-insured employer to withhold $2,800 pending a determination on the issue of counsel...

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