Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Lexington Center
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 18, 2004PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*8OPINION OF THE COURT
Kane, J.
In 1991, claimant injured his back in the course of his employment. He was 20 years old. After he filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits, a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge (hereinafter WCLJ) established accident, notice and causal relationship, then set the initial average weekly wage at $256.85 subject to a wage expectancy adjustment, pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 14 (5). Subsequently, the WCLJ classified claimant as having a permanent partial disability and, using the future wage expectancy adjustment, increased his average weekly wage to…
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