Claim of Velasquez v. Tony's Taxi, Inc.

Crew III, J. P.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed August 14, 2000, which, inter alia, ruled that the application of Tony’s Taxi, Inc. for review of a decision of a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge was untimely.

By reserved decision filed February 12, 1999, a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge (hereinafter WCLJ) ruled that an employer/employee relationship existed between claimant and Tony’s Taxi, Inc. (hereinafter the employer) and continued the case for the production of claimant’s 1992 tax returns and relevant medical evidence. Claimant failed to produce such…