Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of David Sikoff, Respondent, v. Fleet Messenger Service, Inc., et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1964-12-17
Citations: 22 A.D.2d 980
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of David Sikoff, Respondent, v. Fleet Messenger Service, Inc., et al., Appellants. Workmen’s Compensation Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 22
Pages: 980–981

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of David Sikoff, Respondent, v. Fleet Messenger Service, Inc., et al., Appellants. Workmen’s Compensation Board, Respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The employer and carrier produced no expert proof nor all of the documentary evidence apparently available and chose to rest their case on the issue of their witness' veracity, as opposed to that of claimant, who denied signing the purported release. Questions of credibility are, of course, for the board; and upon the entire record we find no legal basis for a holding by us that the determination was not upon substantial evidence. Appellants' single point is that the board was "without jurisdiction to declare the third party release invalid", this in sole reliance upon Matter of Cristiano v. Ninfa's Rest. (285 App. Div. 560); but the board's determination in the case before us was not of invalidity and the authority cited is not relevant. Decision affirmed, with costs to the Workmen's Compensation Board. Gibson, P. J., Reynolds, Taylor, Aulisi and Hamm, JJ., concur.