Claim of Stoever v. Sheraton Astor W. L. Hotel Operating Co.

Appeal by the employer and its carrier from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board holding that an award to claimant was chargeable to the carrier rather than the 'Special Fund for Reopened Cases under section 25-a of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The sole question presented here is the propriety of the board’s determination denying the liability of the Special Fund for the award rendered pursuant to section 25-a. On February 7, 1956 claimant, a waitress, slipped and fell on a flight of stairs at the Hotel Astor sustaining injuries to her back. She was awarded and paid compensation…