Claim of Muzio v. City of Albany

Mahoney, P. J. Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed October 29,1987.

On August 21, 1985, claimant, a laborer for the City of Albany, was severely injured in a motor vehicle accident when he was thrown through the windshield of a dump truck and then run over by another vehicle. He suffered severe chest and leg injuries, including fractured ribs with right side pneumothorax, pulmonary contusions and lacerations. He was *884treated at a hospital and remained in the intensive care unit on a ventilator for several weeks. Claimant was discharged from the hospital on September…