Legal Opinion
Claim of Waters v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 3, 1998PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCardona, P. J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed October 6, 1997, which ruled that claimant’s failure to obtain the consent of her self-insured employer to the settlement of a third-party action barred her from receiving further benefits.
On December 16, 1989, claimant was injured in an automobile accident during the course of her employment. She filed a workers’ compensation claim and was found to have suffered a 10% schedule loss of the use of her left leg. She commenced a *681third-party action and obtained a settlement in the amount of $5,000. Following a hearing in January…
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- Gilson v. National Union Fire InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- Paolucci v. Capital Newspapers, a Division of the Hearst Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
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