Legal Opinion
Wojciechowski v. First Cardinal, LLC
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 23, 2010PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLahtinen, J.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Hummel, J.), entered February 13, 2009 in Rensselaer County, which denied petitioners’ application, in a proceeding pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 29 (5), for approval, nunc pro tunc, of a personal injury settlement.
Petitioner John Wojciechowski was injured in a work-related motor vehicle accident for which he received workers’ compensation benefits and he (together with his spouse) also commenced a third-party negligence action against the driver of the other vehicle. The third-party action settled in August 2007 for the full policy amount…
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