Claim of Savage v. American Home Care Supply, LLC

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed April 8, 2014, which ruled, among other things, that the employer’s workers’ compensation carrier is not entitled to reimbursement from the Special Disability Fund.

Claimant sustained work-related injuries to his lower back in June 2003 and was awarded workers’ compensation benefits. Subsequently, the employer and its workers’ compensation carrier (hereinafter collectively referred to as the carrier) filed a claim for reimbursement from the Special Disability Fund pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 15 (8) (d). In July 2004,…