Legal Opinion
Claim of Rodd v. Coram Fire District
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 18, 2004PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarpinello, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed August 6, 2003, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant’s counsel fee award was a lien against any future payments of compensation to be made to claimant.
On March 13, 1993, decedent was killed while performing his duties as a volunteer firefighter for the Coram Fire District. Claimant, decedent’s widow, applied for and was awarded workers’ compensation benefits under the Volunteer Firefighters’ Benefit Law. At that time, her attorneys were awarded a fee of $1,300. She also commenced a third-party action which was ultimately…
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