Legal Opinion

Claim of Guanieri v. Movielabs, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 14, 1987Published

1Opinion of the CourtLevine, J.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed February 12, 1986.

The employer and its insurance carrier appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board that claimant suffered a 3316% schedule loss of use of his leg due to an industrial accident which occurred December 30, 1981. It is uncontested that on that date claimant slipped and fell at his work site and suffered a torn medial meniscus of his left knee. Thereafter, he went through several remedial surgical procedures and was left with residual disability. Claimant also had a history of an earlier tear to the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Claim of Currie v. Town of DavenportNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  2. Claim of Carpenter v. Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1951
  3. Saba v. Gene Adam's Refrigerated TruckingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978

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