Claim of Escala v. Cecilware Corp.

—Spain, J.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 19, 1998, which ruled that claimant has a casually related disability and granted his claim for workers’ compensation benefits.

Substantial evidence supports the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board which ruled that claimant has a continuing causally related disability resulting from an altercation at work on August 23, 1994 and was entitled to compensation subsequent to February 12, 1996 (see, Matter of Weber v Northberry Constr., 261 AD2d 744). Based upon an examination of claimant and the results of…