Legal Opinion
Govan v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 21, 2009PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcCarthy, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compen*1173sation Board, filed December 1, 2006, which ruled, among other things, that claimant had sustained a permanent partial disability and awarded workers’ compensation benefits.
Following a hearing, a Worker’s Compensation Law Judge (hereinafter WCLJ) classified claimant, a former licensed practical nurse who had been pricked with a needle that had been used on an HIV patient, as permanently partially disabled as a result of post-traumatic stress disorder and awarded workers’ compensation benefits. In this decision, the WCLJ also ordered the…
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