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Claim of Fighera v. New York City Department of Environmental Protection
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 13, 2003PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Spain, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 28, 2001, which ruled that claimant violated Workers’ Compensation Law § 114-a and was disqualified from receiving additional wage replacement benefits.
Claimant sustained injuries in the course of his employment as a construction worker in May 1994 and again in April 1997. He went on a medical leave of absence on October 15, 1997. The employer filed C-2 reports of injury and, following a hearing, a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge (hereinafter WCLJ) classified claimant as permanently partially disabled and…
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