Claim of Patel v. Tal Transportation, Inc.

—Peters, J. Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 18, 2001, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant was entitled to a schedule loss of use award.

In April 1996, claimant was working as a driver transporting customers for Tal Transportation, Inc., T/A (hereinafter TTI), a car service company, when he was injured in an automobile accident. He filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits and a hearing, attended by TTI, was held before a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge (hereinafter WCLJ). The WCLJ found, inter alia, that claimant was an employee of TTI and…