Claim of Lambright v. St. Luke's Hospital

Appeal by employer and its carrier from a decision and award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board which, among other things, discharged the Special Disability Fund under subdivision 8 of section 15 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law from liability. Claimant’s employment, as a physically handicapped person, within the purview of subdivision 8, is not disputed. The sole issue arises upon the board’s determination that the filing of the carrier’s claim for reimbursement from the Fund more than 104 weeks after the date of disability (§ 15, subd. 8, par. [f]) was not timely and that the claim was…