Legal Opinion
Moynihan v. Moyers Corners Fire Department, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 22, 1998PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrew Iii, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed February 12, 1997, which ruled that the employer was estopped from raising the issue of coverage under the Volunteer Firefighters’ Benefit Law.
On August 13, 1988 claimant, an advanced emergency technician with the Moyers Corners Fire Department (hereinafter the employer), a volunteer fire department located in the Town of Clay, Onondaga County, was injured while transporting a patient down three flights of stairs. The State Insurance Fund (hereinafter the carrier) did not controvert claimant’s rights to benefits under the…
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