Legal Opinion
Claim of Friss v. City of Hudson Police Department
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 21, 1993PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Harvey, J.
Claimant was a police officer who injured his back on October 27, 1988 when he slipped on some gravel as he was exiting a police car. By decision filed July 20, 1990, a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge (hereinafter WCLJ) established accident, notice and causal relationship for injury to the back and issued awards. However, claimant was subsequently convicted of a crime and sent to a Federal prison. Finding that incarceration is a superseding loss of earning capacity making the disability no longer the cause of lost wages, the WCLJ made an award for temporary…
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