Claim of Dennett v. Dennett Refrigeration Equipment

Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed March 10, 1970, which discharged the Special Fund for Reopened Cases from liability and charged the appellants with the same (Workmen’s Compensation Law, § 25-a). The claimant’s right to death benefits is not in question here. The sole issue raised is that of liability of the Special Fund for Reopened Cases. The appellants contend that the board erred as a matter of law when it discharged the Special Fund on a finding that there had been no final closing within the meaning of section 25-a since further proceedings were…