Claim of Rankin v. Half Hollow Hills Central School District

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 7, 2011, which ruled that claimant was excused from providing timely written notice of her accident pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 18.

Claimant, a school bus driver, alleged that she sustained a work-related injury in November 2007 and applied for workers’ compensation benefits in March 2008. The self-insured employer and its third-party administrator (hereinafter collectively referred to as the employer) controverted the claim and argued, among other things, that claimant had not provided written notice of the…