Claim of Carasia v. New York Times Co.

Appeals from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed June 9, 1977 and a corrected decision filed October 14, 1978. On August 27, 1968, while driving a truck for his employer, claimant was involved in an accident and was classified as having a partial permanent disability as the result thereof. Claimant’s employer and its insurance carrier applied for reimbursement out of the Special Disability Fund pursuant to subdivision 8 of section 15 of the Workers’ Compensation Law on the ground that some degree of claimant’s disability was the result of a pre-existing permanent condition of…