Claim of Chardeen v. General Electric Co.

Appeal from a decision and award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. The sole issue is whether the employer and its insurance carrier are entitled to reimbursement from the Special Disability Fund for all compensation and medical benefits subsequent to those payable for the first 104 weeks of disability, pursuant to subdivision 8 of section 15 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. As a young boy, the claimant had undergone a surgical operation to correct a condition of osteomyelitis which resulted in some atrophy of the thigh and calf of his left leg and a shortening of the left lower extremity…