Claim of Pascarella v. Marlboro Fire Department

—Kane, J.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 26, 2001, which, inter alia, denied the employer’s request to cross-examine claimant’s physician.

In December 1984, claimant, a volunteer firefighter, suffered an acute myocardial infarction while fighting a house fire. He was subsequently found to have suffered a causally-related permanent total disability. The matter was closed in February 1991 after the self-insured employer was found liable for claimant’s disability payments, as well as for his causally-related medical expenses.

At the employer’s request,…