Claim of Rebello v. Hubbell Highway Signs, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 28, 1979. Claimant sustained compensable work-related injuries in a 1974 motor vehicle accident. His ensuing third-party action was settled in January of 1977 by a stipulation which specifically excluded items of medical expense or loss of earnings from consideration and provided for a net payment to claimant in the sum of $20,000 representing his noneconomic losses. Claimant thereafter moved to vacate the lien of the workers’ compensation carrier and Special Term granted the motion on September 21, 1977. It concluded…