Claim of Manzo v. Twin Oaks Restaurant

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed October 9, 1985.

Claimant filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits in July 1983 based upon injuries she allegedly sustained as a result of a 1977 work-related automobile accident. The carrier and employer controverted the claim and maintained that it was time barred pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 28 since the claim was filed more than two years after the occurrence of the accident. However, claimant asserted that the employer and carrier had made advance payments of compensation from the time of the accident,…