Claim of Nagorka v. Goldstein

Appeal by the employer and insurance carrier from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, which denied them reimbursement from the Special Fund under subdivision 8 of section 15 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The claimant was employed as a painter and suffered injuries when he fell from a scaffold. Prior to the accident, the claimant had been hard of hearing for several years and this had been known to the employer. The employer found it necessary to speak to him louder than he did to other persons but the claimant’s work as a painter was not otherwise affected. As a result of the…