Legal Opinion
Claim of McCutcheon v. Public Service Department
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 10, 2002PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mercure, J. Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed August 8, 2000, which ruled that claimant timely filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits.
Although claimant did not file a claim for workers’ compensation benefits within two years of his work-related knee injury, his treating physician filed a C-4 medical report within the two-year period. The report described the injury and its possible aggravation and requested authorization for an MRI. The Workers’ Compensation Board concluded that the filing of the medical report satisfied the claim-filing requirement of…
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