Legal Opinion
Claim of Hilbrandt v. Village of Red Hook
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 29, 2010PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed April 15, 2009, which ruled that claimant’s application for workers’ compensation benefits was time-barred by Workers’ Compensation Law § 28.
Claimant, a volunteer emergency medical technician for the Village of Red Hook in Dutchess County, was injured on August 26, 2005 when an improperly charged fire hose caught her leg, lifted her off of the ground and caused her to fall on her back and side. Her claim for workers’ compensation benefits as a vol*1026unteer firefighter was initially established for a left ankle and leg injury and…
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