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MATTER OF NICKEL v. PILGRIM PSYCHIATRIC CENTER

511157.

84 A.D.3d 1490 (2011)

922 N.Y.S.2d 625

In the Matter of the Claim of GEORGE NICKEL, Appellant, v. PILGRIM PSYCHIATRIC CENTER et al., Respondents. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent.

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

Decided May 5, 2011.

PETERS, J.P.

Claimant was injured in a work-related accident in 1996 and was awarded workers' compensation benefits. In 2001, claimant and the employer's workers' compensation carrier negotiated a settlement agreement pursuant to Workers' Compensation Law § 32. Under the agreement, the carrier agreed to pay claimant a lump sum payment of $92,950, with claimant's understanding that an attorney's fee of $12,000 would be deducted from the lump sum amount. Further...

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