Claim of Brannigan v. Town of Oyster Bay

Appeals from decisions of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed October 21, 1986 and May 8, 1987.

The employer contends that the Workers’ Compensation Board erred in discharging the Special Disability Fund due to the employer’s failure to file a claim for reimbursement of death benefits. It is the employer’s argument that since all parties, including the Board and the Special Disability Fund, treated the disability claim and the death claim as a single case until after the expiration of the two-year period within which the employer was required to seek reimbursement on the death claim (see,…