Legal Opinion

Claim of Topper v. Al Cohen's Bakery

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 27, 2002PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed May 15, 2001, which ruled that claimant was an employee of Al Cohen’s Bakery and awarded workers’ compensation benefits.

Claimant applied for workers’ compensation benefits asserting that he was injured in a motor vehicle accident during the course of his employment as a delivery person for Al Cohen’s Bakery (hereinafter Cohen). Cohen controverted the claim, contending that claimant was an independent contractor and not an employee. Following a hearing on the issue, a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge held that claimant was an…

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