Claim of Charles W. Ennis v. Kennedy Valve Manufacturing Co.

Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, by the Special Fund for Reopened Cases under section 25-a of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The question upon this appeal is whether the Workmen’s Compensation Board had jurisdiction to reopen the ease and make an award against the Special Fund in view of the provisions of sections 123 and 25-a of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The claimant suffered an injury to his right leg in 1932, for which he first filed a claim in 1940, almost eight years after the occurrence of the injury. A hearing was held in 1940, and the claim was…