Legal Opinion
Stiffen v. CNA Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 26, 2001PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Mercure, J. P.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Keegan, J.), entered February 2, 2000 in Albany County, which granted petitioners’ application pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 29 (5) for approval, nunc pro tunc, of a personal injury settlement.
Petitioner Robert W. Stiffen (hereinafter petitioner) was injured in the course of his employment with Beltrone Construction Company on May 8, 1996 when the truck that he was driving was struck by a motor vehicle owned by Charles Newman and operated by Scott Macri. Workers’ compensation benefits were paid by Beltrone’s workers’…
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