Legal Opinion
In re the Claim of Johnson v. New York City Transit Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 11, 1997PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMercure, J.
Appeals from three decisions of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed March 11, 1993, April 7, 1994, and May 2, 1996, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant’s discharge from his employment did not violate Workers’ Compensation Law § 120.
Claimant, an employee of the New York City Transit Authority (hereinafter the employer) since 1971, was injured at work on June 29, 1981 after a fall from a ladder. He filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits and was subsequently classified with a permanent partial disability. In January 1984, after refusing the employer’s request to undergo a medical…
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