Claim of Nute v. Bank of Commerce

Appeal by the employer and its insurance carrier from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed June 30, 1967, which assessed a penalty against the carrier pursuant to section 25 (subd. 3, par. [c]) of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The said section 25 (subd. 3, par. [c]) provides as follows: “If the employer or his insurance carrier shall fail to make payments of compensation according to the terms of the award *1012within ten days thereafter, except in ease of an appeal, there shall be imposed a penalty equal to twenty per cent of the unpaid compensation which shall accrue to the…