Claim of Gorleski v. Town of Halfmoon

Mercure, J. P.

Appeal *755from that part of a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed May 27, 1998, which ruled that claimant was not eligible for an award of double compensation, pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 14-a, because she was not engaged in a prohibited employment activity at the time of her injury.

In the summer of 1996, claimant, who was then 14 years old, began working for the Parks and Recreation Department of the Town of Halfmoon in Saratoga County as part of a crew of part-time teenaged workers. On August 31, 1996, claimant’s crew was engaged in moving 10-foot by…