Legal Opinion
Singh v. Ross
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 15, 2004PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Kelly, J.), dated September 26, 2003, which denied their motion pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 29 (5) for judicial approval, nunc pro tunc, of the settlement of the action.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
Workers’ Compensation Law § 29 (5) permits an employee to settle a lawsuit arising out of the same accident as a workers’ compensation claim for less than the statutory amount of workers’ compensation benefits only if the employee…
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