Legal Opinion
Claim of Figelman v. Goldfarb
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 7, 1999PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Cardona, P. J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed July 23, 1997, which ruled that the State Insurance Fund is not entitled to offset future payments of workers’ compensation benefits against the settlement proceeds of claimant’s third-party action.
*722On March 29, 1988, claimant was injured in an automobile accident while working for his employer. He was subsequently found to have a permanent partial disability and was awarded workers’ compensation benefits commencing August 5, 1988. The period from March 30, 1988 to August 5, 1988, however, was held in abeyance…
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