Claim of Reynolds v. Masick

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

The Appellate Division correctly held, as a matter of law, that claimant was not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. The Workers’ Compensation Board found that the automobile accident in which claimant was injured was caused by the faulty brakes on his vehicle. Claimant’s own testimony at the compensation board hearing was that he knew and had known that the brakes on his car needed repair. By continuing to operate the vehicle knowing that the brakes were in need of repair, claimant was…