Claim of Sarlo v. Antona Trucking Co.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 1, 1981, which found the State Insurance Fund to be the carrier on the risk on the date of claimant’s accident because its prior cancellation of the employer’s insurance policy did not comply with the requirements of subdivision 5 of section 54 of the Workers’ Compensation Law. The board found that appellant State Insurance Fund did not properly cancel the employer’s insurance policy. We agree. Proper cancellation of the policy in question requires, inter alia, that a notice of cancellation be “served' on the employer…