Claim of Waters v. City of New York

—Cardona, P. J.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed October 4, 1999, which ruled that claimant’s failure to obtain the consent of her self-insured employer to the settlement of a third-party action barred her from receiving further benefits.

The issue on this appeal is whether claimant’s settlement of a third-party action without first obtaining the consent of her *787self-insured employer precludes her from further workers’ compensation benefits. The particular facts herein are fully set forth in our recent decision in Matter of Waters v City of New York (256 AD2d…