Claim of Mitchell v. New York Telephone Co.

Appeals from a decision and an amended decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed January 24, 1992 and November 23,1992.

On September 14, 1988 claimant, who was then employed as a service technician for his employer, New York Telephone Company, fell approximately 30 feet from a telephone pole while servicing a line and sustained various injuries. Although the self-insured employer initially made compensation payments to claimant, such payments ceased when a subsequent investigation allegedly revealed that claimant was engaged in construction work and, hence, appeared to no longer be…