Claim of Barnard v. John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc.

Mercure, J.P.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed October 6, 2005, which, inter alia, established claimant’s average weekly wage.

Claimant sustained work-related injuries to both of her hands and applied for workers’ compensation benefits in 2004. After a hearing, during which occupational disease, notice and causal relationship were established, a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge determined, using a multiple of 260 (see Workers’ Compensation Law § 14), that claimant’s average weekly wage was $447.10. The employer sought review of that determination before the…