Furlong v. New York State Workers' Compensation Board

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alvin Klein, J.), entered July 7, 1982, unanimously affirmed, without costs or disbursements. This proceeding was brought for alternative relief, in the nature of prohibition or for a declaratory judgment prohibiting respondents from seeking or threatening to remove petitioner’s authorization to render treatment in workers’ compensation cases. The controversy arose when the late Arthur Cooperman, former chairman of the Workers’ Compensation Board, advised petitioner by letter dated December 5, 1980, to desist from charging fees for medical services in…