Legal Opinion
Claim of Yagaloff v. Hall
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 25, 1988PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKane, J.
Appeal from an amended decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 31, 1986.
Claimant, a school teacher, injured her back in her classroom on Friday, May 1, 1981 while lifting two boxes of teaching material. The only issue on this appeal is whether the Workers’ Compensation Board was correct in excusing *956claimant’s failure to give timely notice pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 18.
The record demonstrates that claimant mentioned the incident to a co-worker and, as the pain progressed, she decided to obtain medical attention at her home in Danbury, Connecticut. On Monday,…
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