Claim of Good v. Town of Brutus

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed July 9, 2012, which denied the workers’ compensation carrier’s request for apportionment among claimant’s prior employers pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 44.

Claimant began working for the Town of Brutus (hereinafter the employer) as a court clerk in 2002. Prior to that, she had performed secretarial services for various employers, beginning in 1966. In 2004, claimant sought medical treatment, complaining of pain in her hands and a weak grip, and she was diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome. In 2007, she filed a claim…