Claim of Raiselis v. Byrns

Appeals from a decision and an amended decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed January 2, 1991 and September 20, 1991, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant was entitled to disability benefits.

The Workers’ Compensation Board found that claimant was entitled to receive disability benefits from her pregnancy from October 2, 1989 to December 12, 1989. We agree that claimant was under the care of a physician within the meaning of Workers’ Compensation Law § 205 (2) and thus entitled to benefits. This section is to be liberally construed (see, Matter of Hotaling v General Elec. Co., 47…