Legal Opinion
Balcerak v. County of Nassau
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 16, 1999PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bellacosa, J.
The question before this Court is whether a determination by the Workers’ Compensation Board that an injury is work-related should, by operation of collateral estoppel, automatically entitle an injured employee to General Municipal Law § 207-c benefits. We answer the question in the negative and reverse the order of the Appellate Division that ruled against appellant Nassau County on that ground.
Petitioner Balcerak, a correction officer with the Nassau County Correctional Center, sustained injuries in an automobile accident in June 1996. Just before the…
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