Claim of Gluck v. Grade A Foods Corp.

Appeal by the Special Fund for Reopened Cases (Workmen’s Compensation Law, § 25-a) from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board holding the Special Fund was not entitled to credit on the present award for a $1,950 lump-sum settlement previously awarded to claimant. In 1943 claimant suffered a knee injury. In 1947 a lump-sum settlement in the amount of $1,950 was approved by the board and paid by the carrier and the case closed. In October, 1959 an application was filed indicating claimant required hospitalization due to an exacerbation of his left knee condition. Causal relationship is…