Claim of O'Reilly v. Raymond Concrete Piling, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

To obtain reimbursement from the Special Disability Fund, a compensation carrier bears the burden of demonstrating that a disability occurring subsequent to a permanent physical impairment resulted in a permanent disability caused by both conditions and which is materially and substantially greater because of the prior impairment than it would have been alone. (Worker’s Compensation Law, § 15, subd 8; Matter of Grieco v Grieco Elec. Co., 52 AD2d 1011.) In the instant case, substantial evidence…