Claim of Arnold v. New York State Department of Mental Hygiene

— Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed April 1, 1991, which, inter alia, ruled that the Special Fund for Reopened Cases was not liable to claimant for workers’ compensation benefits.

Claimant contends that she was entitled to more than the payment of her medical bills from the Special Fund for Reopened Cases and that her attorney never informed her of any time limitations concerning her claim. She therefore contends that the Workers’ Compensation Board erred in ruling that the statutory time period under Workers’ Compensation Law § 123 applied. However, that statute…