Claim of De Muro v. Greenwald

—Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed October 4, 1977, which denied the employer’s application to reopen a prior determination of the board, rendered January 14, 1977, upon a discrimination claim pursuant to section 120 of the Workers’ Compensation Law. A decision to grant or deny an application to reopen and reconsider a prior determination rests in the sound discretion of the Workers’ Compensation Board and such a decision will not be disturbed unless it is found to be arbitrary and capricious or an abuse of discretion (Matter of De Maio v Rockford Plumbing &…