Claim of Vasquez v. Ranferi Construction Corp.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 29, 2005, which ruled that the State Insurance Fund was liable pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 56 for the payment of workers’ compensation benefits to claimant.

Claimant filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits alleging that, in November 2002, he sustained an injury to his right knee when he slipped and fell while carrying construction materials. His employer, Ranferi Construction Corporation, the subcontractor on the job, and its workers’ compensation carrier, Nor Guard Insurance Company, controverted…