Claim of Lickona v. New York State Department of Mental Hygiene

Appeal from a decision which awarded compensation for disability resulting from accidental injuries sustained in the course of claimant’s employment as a power plant helper in Hudson River State Hospital, the only issue being as to rate. *1015Claimant commenced work on July 11, 1966 and was injured two days later. The employer paid his full wages of $194.99 biweekly until September 21, 1966, on which date he was still totally disabled, when he resigned to resume his studies as a graduate student at State University at Albany, where he had been awarded a fellowship. He testified that if he had not…