Claim of Kline v. American Locomotive Co.

Appeal by a self-insured employer from decisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, one of which affirmed a referee’s decision dismissing appellant’s claim for reimbursement under the “second injury law” (Workmen’s Compensation Law, § 15, subd. 8) as untimely filed and discharging the Special Fund; and another which affirmed its said decision after appellant had appealed therefrom. Claimant sustained compensable injuries in appellant’s employ on August 8, 1945, for which, on April 16, 1947, he received a schedule award for a permanent percentage loss of the use of his legs. Thereafter the…