Legal Opinion
Matter of Szadek v. Wilson Greatbatch
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 28, 2016No. 521213PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed September 8, 2014, which ruled that the employer’s workers’ compensation carrier is not entitled to reimbursement from the Special Disability Fund.
Claimant successfully applied for workers’ compensation benefits after injuring her neck and back in 2004 as a result of a slip and fall. After learning that claimant suffered from, among other things, preexisting anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (left knee), a left ankle fracture, degenerative disc disease, cervical disc disease, obesity, spondylolisthesis and stenosis, the…
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