Nickel v. Kings Park Psychiatric Center

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed October 13, 2006, which ruled that liability shifted to the Special Fund for Reopened Cases pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 25-a.

Claimant injured his back while working for the employer on April 29, 1991, and he received workers’ compensation benefits for the period April 30, 1991 through May 28, 1991. A Workers’ Compensation Law Judge (hereinafter WCLJ) authorized symptomatic treatment and closed the case in September 1992. On May 28,1996, claimant sustained another injury while working for the same employer. In August…