Claim of Cartuccio v. New York State Department of Corrections

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed March 12, 2012, which ruled that claimant violated Workers’ Compensation Law § 114-a and permanently disqualified him from receiving future wage replacement benefits.

Claimant’s workers’ compensation claim was established for stress-related symptoms due to his work as a correction officer, and his injury was classified as a permanent partial disability in 2001. In 2010, the employer and its workers’ compensation carrier sought further proceedings before the Workers’ Compensation Board, alleging that claimant had knowingly…