Legal Opinion
Claim of Wald v. Avalon Partners, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 10, 2005PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMugglin, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed August 4, 2004, which ruled that an employer-employee relationship existed between claimant’s decedent and Avalon Partners, Inc.
Claimant’s husband, a stockbroker affiliated with Avalon Partners, Inc., perished in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Claimant’s application for workers’ compensation death benefits was disallowed by the Workers’ Compensation Law Judge who found decedent to be an independent contractor, not an employee. The Board reversed and Avalon appeals.
Whether an…
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