Claim of Morin v. Town of Lake Luzerne

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 9, 2010, which ruled that apportionment applied to claimant’s workers’ compensation award.

Claimant suffered a work-related back injury on September 1, 2009 and was awarded workers’ compensation benefits. Following claimant’s hearing testimony and the submission of medical evidence, a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge determined, as relevant here, that claimant’s award should be apportioned 50% to the 2009 work-related injury and 50% to a 2004 back injury. A panel of the Workers’ Compensation Board affirmed. Claimant…