Claim of MacWilliams v. Conap, Inc.

dent. Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed July 2, 1975. The board has found that the employer "did not have proper knowledge” of a permanent physical disability (dermatitis) which pre-existed the claimant’s subsequent disability while working for the appellant employer to establish a right to reimbursement from the Special Disability Fund pursuant to subdivision 8 of section 15 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law (hereinafter Special Fund). The board’s factual findings recite that the employer’s representative testified that although he was aware of a preexisting…