O'Connor v. Midiria

OPINION OF THE COURT

The Workers’ Compensation Board having properly acquired jurisdiction with respect to an employee’s injuries, the board’s determination that those injuries were accidental and occurred within the course of her employment is binding between the parties under the exclusive remedy and finality provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Law and, even though the employee did not herself apply for or accept benefits, is, until set aside, a bar to an action by the employee against her employer for damages based on intentional tort. Accordingly, the order of the Appellate Division…