Legal Opinion

Claim of Grasso v. Brewster Central School District

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided February 10, 2011PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLahtinen, J.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed January 12, 2010, which awarded counsel fees to claimant’s attorney.

Claimant injured his right arm at work and applied for workers’ compensation benefits. A Workers’ Compensation Law *1061Judge awarded claimant benefits based upon the parties’ stipulation that claimant sustained a 23.75% schedule loss of use of the right arm, and claimant’s attorney was awarded $3,200 in legal fees. Thereafter, the claim was amended to include a work-related injury to claimant’s left shoulder. The parties again stipulated to a 58.75% schedule loss of…

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