Jaindl v. Robert Green Chev-Olds, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 30, 2011, which ruled that certain evidence was not admissible to support a violation of Workers’ Compensation Law § 114-a.

In 1995, claimant, a mechanic, sustained a work-related injury to his lower back and right leg while installing a plow frame onto a truck. Claimant was awarded workers’ compensation benefits and, in 1999, was found to be permanently partially disabled. As part of its efforts to assess claimant’s ongoing entitlement to benefits, the employer’s workers’ compensation carrier periodically sent work…