Hasbrouck v. Harloff

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed July 25, 2012, which, upon reconsideration, ruled, among other things, that claimant was an employee of Christopher M. Harloff.

In November 2008, claimant was injured while splitting firewood on the property of Christopher M. Harloff and, in October 2009, he applied for workers’ compensation benefits. A Workers’ Compensation Law Judge, in two decisions, found that an employer-employee relationship existed between claimant and Harloff, established the claim, found Harloff in violation of Workers’ Compensation Law § 50 and…