Legal Opinion
Claim of Allen v. Enterprise Rent-a-Car
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 1, 2007PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKane, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed October 27, 2005, which, inter alia, ruled that the employee’s workers’ compensation carrier was entitled to an offset of workers’ compensation benefits against the net recovery of claimant’s third-party action.
On October 28, 1999, claimant was involved in a work-related motor vehicle accident wherein he sustained injuries to his neck, back, left shoulder and left arm. As a result, he filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits and also commenced a third-party personal injury action. Claimant eventually underwent left…
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