Claim of Block v. Markham & Puffer

In this appeal by an employer and insurance carrier, the State Insurance Fund, the question is whether an employer’s right to be reimbursed for advance payments of compensation from the proceeds of an unpaid award of workmen’s compensation, under section 25 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law, is dependent upon certain formalities which respondent contends must be observed in the filing of a claim therefor. In the absence of more specific statutory direction, we consider that proof of the advance payments and the employer’s testimony of a claim and demand for reimbursement, duly made and…