Sperling v. Board of Review

The opinion of the court was delivered by

BAIME, J.A.D.

This is an appeal from the denial of appellant’s application for temporary disability benefits. The Board of Review adopted the Appeal Tribunal’s finding that appellant was barred from receiving disability benefits because he had obtained a lump sum settlement of his workers’ compensation claim under N.J.S.A 34:15-20 for the same injury. We agree with the Board’s decision.

Appellant was involved in an automobile accident on November 2, 1992.' At the time of the accident, appellant just had left his mechanic who had installed a water pump in…