Claim of Coffey v. Shop-Rite Supermarkets North

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed January 30, 2006, which ruled that claimant was excused from providing timely written notice of her accident pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 18.

On December 20, 2004, claimant sustained an injury to her right hip when she slipped and fell on a wet floor mat at her *1007place of work. Thereafter, on or about April 9, 2005, claimant filed a written report of the incident and her resulting injury. A hearing ensued, at the conclusion of which a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge established claimant’s case for a work-related injury…