Claim of Magidson v. Strategic Telemarketing, Inc.

Appeal from an amended decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed April 1, 2008, which ruled that claimant’s claim could not be reopened pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 123.

In October 1993, claimant, who identified herself as president of her employer, a telemarketing company, filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits alleging that she was totally disabled *1218as a result of her exposure to toxic chemicals in the apartment where she worked. Her claim was disputed and, in May 1994, when neither claimant nor her attorney appeared for a scheduled hearing, a Workers’…