Claim of Kent v. City of Buffalo Board of Education

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed June 13, 1983.

*517This is an appeal by a self-insured employer from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board affirming a hearing officer’s decision barring the employer from litigating the issues of “accident” and “accident arising out of and in the course of employment” on the ground that the employer inexcusably failed to file its notice of controversy within 25 days after the Board had indexed the claim for compensation benefits.

Section 25 (subd 2, par [b]) of the Workers’ Compensation Law provides that if the Board notifies…