Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Central New York Developmental Disabilities Service Office
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 11, 2003PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLahtinen, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed July 1, 2002, which assessed a penalty for late payment of a workers’ compensation benefit.
The issue on appeal is whether a 20% penalty pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 25 (3) (f) must be assessed against a workers’ compensation carrier when, because of the effect on its business operations of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, its payment under a Workers’ Compensation Law § 32 waiver agreement was four days late. Claimant and the employer’s workers’ compensation carrier entered into a waiver agreement pursuant…
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