Layman v. County of Rockland

Appeal (transferred to this court by order of the Appellate Division, Second Department) from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Bergerman, J.), entered November 2, 1988 in Rockland County, which, inter alia, granted plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment and declared that defendant’s workers’ compensation lien against plaintiff Robert Layman was null and void.

In October 1986, plaintiff Robert Layman was injured in an automobile accident which occurred during the course of his employment, as a Rockland County Deputy Sheriff and for which he received workers’ compensation benefits paid by…