Claim of Puglia v. Sing Sing Prison

Appeal by-employer and carrier from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board discharging the Special Fund for Reopened Cases under section 25-a from liability. Claimant, employed as a guard by the State employer, Sing Sing Prison, sustained a compensable injury to his back on July 30, 1942. More than seven years thereafter and three years after payment of compensation — time requirements of section 25-a — claimant made application to reopen (Oct. 9, 1953), claiming a disc condition. The board originally determined that there was an advance payment of compensation as the result of…