Macey v. Uninsured Employers' Fund

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered September 4, 1979 in Essex County, which granted petitioner Richard Macey’s application, pursuant to subdivision 5 of section 29 of the Workers’ Compensation Law, for a nunc pro tunc order confirming settlement of his third-party personal injury action. In 1970, Macey suffered serious injuries while in the employ of one Belanger when he fell from a ladder while painting the roof of premises owned by the Robares. He had received more than $29,000 in workers’ compensation benefits from the respondent Uninsured Employers’ Fund…