Legal Opinion
Claim of Carlson v. Akin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 28, 2006PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRose, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 27, 2004, which ruled that claimant was an employee of Martin Akin.
Claimant was working as a laborer at a construction site in Chautaugua County on February 6, 2003 when a nail that he was hammering struck and injured his right eye. Martin Akin was the contractor who offered claimant the opportunity to work on the job. Claimant’s workers’ compensation claim proceeded to a hearing, after which a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge found that claimant was an employee of Akin. The Workers’ Compensation Board affirmed that…
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