Matter of Holley v. Syracuse Utilities

McCarthy, J.P.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 13, 2013, which ruled that liability for the claim did not shift to the Special Fund for Reopened Cases pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 25-a.

Claimant injured his left knee while working in June 2001, and he successfully applied for workers’ compensation benefits. In 2003, he was found to have a 25% schedule loss of use of his left leg. No further benefits were awarded until June 2012, when a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge awarded benefits for work that claimant had missed from August 2008 to…