Empire State Transportation Workers' Compensation Trust v. Special Funds Conservation Committee

In a proceeding pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 29 (5) for judicial approval of a settlement of a claimant’s personal injury action nunc pro tunc, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Woodard, J.), dated April 5, 2013, which denied the petition.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Nassau County, for further proceedings in accordance herewith.

On March 22, 2007, the claimant, Licinio Marrero, sustained injuries when he was assaulted during the course of his employment with Dak…