Claim of Thurston v. Consolidated Edison Co.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 29, 2012, which ruled, among other things, that liability for the claim did not shift to the Special Fund for Reopened Cases pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 25-a.

In 1982, claimant injured his back in a work-related accident and, subsequently, a workers’ compensation claim was estab*1144lished and he was classified as permanently partially disabled. Claimant was paid intermittent lost time benefits covering periods between 1982 and 1999 and, in January 2000, his case was closed. In May 2011, the self-insured employer…