Legal Opinion
Guarino v. Town of Islip Highway Department
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 8, 1987PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Kane, J. P.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed May 12, 1986.
The only issue to be resolved upon this appeal is whether the Workers’ Compensation Board was authorized to reopen this case and award death benefits after a lapse of more than seven years from the date of death of claimant’s decedent (see, Workers’ Compensation Law § 123).
Claimant’s decedent suffered a compensable heart attack on March 2, 1963, and died on August 31, 1969. His attending physician, Dr. John A. Matheson, filed a report of injury dated September 3, 1969 in which he stated that the fatal…
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