Claim of Reed v. C. R. Edmonds & Sons

Appeal from a decision and award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. Claimant is a carpenter. On July 30, 1948, while working on a platform a plank broke and he fell. He suffered compressed fractures of the third and' fourth lumbar vertebrae, lumbar spasm and tenderness and limitation *1084of movement of the back and legs. The carrier has filed a claim’ for reimbursement from the Special Disability Fund under subdivision 8 of section 15 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law, which the referee allowed but which the board on review has disallowed. The test by which the right to reimburse is measured is…