Claim of Moorehead v. Union Press Co.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed April 18, 1996, which ruled, inter alia, that the employer had violated Workers’ Compensation Law § 50.

The employer contends that the Workers’ Compensation Board erred in finding that the workers’ compensation insurance policy issued to the employer by its insurance carrier expired on October 1, 1992 and that therefore the employer failed to have a policy of workers’ compensation insurance in effect on August 12, 1993 when claimant was injured. The employer relies upon the general rule that coverage is deemed to continue absent…