Claim of Rodriguez v. Metal Cladding, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed January 9, 2012, which ruled that the employer’s workers’ compensation carrier is entitled to reimbursement from the Special Disability Fund.

Claimant sustained a work-related injury and was awarded workers’ compensation benefits. The employer and its workers’ compensation carrier (hereinafter collectively referred to as the carrier) sought reimbursement from the Special Disability Fund (see Workers’ Compensation Law § 15 [8]). The Fund contested the carrier’s application and, following a hearing, a Workers’ Compensation Law…