Legal Opinion
Claim of Brennan v. Village of Johnson City
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 27, 2012Published
1Opinion of the CourtMcCarthy, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed June 17, 2011, which ruled that claimant was permanently disqualified from receiving wage replacement benefits.
Claimant was involved in a work-related accident in 1995 and a workers’ compensation claim was established for injury to his back. In 2002, the Workers’ Compensation Board found that claimant violated Workers’ Compensation Law § 114-a and assessed a penalty of permanent disqualification from wage replacement benefits. In 2010, the claim was expanded to include both hips, and claimant thereafter sought to have the…
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