Claim of Sheldon v. Doughty's Laundry Service

Appeal by the employer and insurance carrier from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, which denied their claim for reimbursement against the Special Fund under subdivision 8 of section 15 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The claimant was employed as a laundry washer and, while unloading wet clothes from a washing machine, he suffered a back injury. At the time he was hired, he was suffering a number of disabilities, including abdominal and umbilical hernias, and elephantiasis of the lower abdomen, penis and scrotum. Because of these conditions, it was impossible for the claimant…