Legal Opinion
Claim of Mills v. Staffking
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 6, 2000PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Spain, J.
Workers’ Compensation Law § 15 (8) — known as the “Secondary Injury Law” — provides an incentive to employers to hire permanently disabled persons (see, Matter of Freer v New Process Gear, 237 AD2d 869). This incentive permits an employer to obtain reimbursement from the Special Disability Fund (hereinafter the Fund) for workers’ compensation benefits and medical expenses awarded for permanent disability or death arising out of and in the course of the employment of a previously disabled person (see, Matter of Chadwick v Mallinkrodt Anesthesia Prods., 264 AD2d…
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