Claim of Martin v. Levest Electric Corp.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 14, 2000, which ruled that the employer’s workers’ compensation carrier had reserved the employer’s right to a credit against claimant’s future awards of workers’ compensation benefits.

As the result of injuries sustained in an accident at work, claimant filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits and also commenced a third-party personal injury action in Supreme Court, Richmond County. When claimant settled the personal injury action, the workers’ compensation carrier for the employer stopped paying benefits to…