Claim of Boshart v. St. Francis Hospital

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed May 18, 1994, which, inter alia, ruled that the employer had waived the Statute of Limitations defense of Workers’ Compensation Law § 28.

Claimant, a hospital employee, stopped working on June 7, 1991 after aggravating a preexisting back condition. She filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits on February 4, 1992. Thereafter, her claim was denied and hearings were held before a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge (hereinafter WCLJ). The WCLJ subsequently found, inter alia, that claimant had produced prima facie medical…