Legal Opinion
Claim of Sciame v. Airborne Express, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 20, 2012Published
1Opinion of the Court
Rose, J.P.
Workers’ Compensation Law § 15 (6) (a) specifies that, regardless of the type of disability, claimant can receive no more than $400 a week in benefits for his 2004 injuries. We have long held that concurrent payments for schedule and nonschedule awards may not exceed that maximum rate where the nonschedule award arises from a permanent disability (see Matter of Lamantia v Midland El. Co., Inc., 59 AD3d 892, 894 [2009]; Matter of Miller v North Syracuse Cent. School Dist., 1 AD3d 691, 692 [2003]; Matter of Soper v Gouverneur Talc Co., 243 AD2d 1001, 1002-1003 [1997]; Matter of Salvet…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Claim of Wilkosz v. Symington Gould Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1961
- Claim of Wilkosz v. Symington Gould Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1964
- In re the Claim of Miller v. North Syracuse Central School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
- Soper v. Gouverneur Talc Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- Claim of Salvet v. Union Carbide Linde DivisionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
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