Claim of Riccardi v. ARA Leisure Services

— Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed March 5, 1990, which ruled that claimant was not illegally employed and denied his claim for double recovery of workers’ compensation benefits.

Claimant alleges that he was illegally employed and therefore entitled to double workers’ compensation benefits pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 14-a. Once a copy of claimant’s certificate of employment was produced, thereby showing that his employment was authorized, it was incumbent on claimant to demonstrate that, in fact, Labor Law §§ 132 and 135 were violated (see, Matter of…