Goldberg v. State Insurance Fund

Appeal from that part of an order of the Supreme Court *782(Williams, J.), entered May 14, 1993 in Sullivan County, which, in granting petitioner’s application pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 29, held that respondent was not entitled to any lien upon the proceeds received by petitioner in settlement of her third-party action.

Petitioner settled her third-party action against Rose Ellis on June 28, 1990 for injuries sustained in an automobile accident which occurred on May 22, 1987 while petitioner was in the course of her employment with the Office of Court Administration. At the time of…