Claim of Sanders v. Langaster Central School System

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed March 1, 1979, which discharged the Special Disability Fund from liability under subdivision 8 of section 15 of the Workers’ Compensation Law. On May 8, 1975, claimant’s decedent, employed by the Lancaster Central School System as a schoolgrounds keeper, suffered a fatal myocardial infarction which the board found compensable. The carrier filed a claim for reimbursement out of the Special Disability Fund pursuant to subdivision 8 of section 15 of the Workers’ Compensation Law, alleging in the claim that the decedent had a prior…