Claim of Cleveland v. American Management Ass'n

This is an appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed January 30, 1973, which awarded the claimant direct payment of 26 days of disability insurance and held that payment by the employer of sick leave for the same period was a voluntary contribution (Workmen’s Compensation Law, § 205, subd. 6) precluding payment of the disability benefits to the employer pursuant to section 237 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law.

The sole question presented on this appeal is whether the employer is entitled to reimbursement :by receipt from its insurance carrier of the disability payments…