Court Opinion

ID: 5388428
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-08 09:37:16.707663+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:30:16.032776
License: Public Domain

Appeal by the employer and his insurance carrier from an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board which attributed claimant’s disability to two separate accidents with different employers and charged one half of the award to the previous employer and carrier and one half to the present employer and carrier. The award itself is not questioned. Appellants contend that their request for reimbursement from the Special Fund, pursuant to subdivision 8 of section 15 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law was improperly denied. There is not only a lack of evidence of knowledge of the employer of a permanent disability which was or was likely to be a hindrance or obstacle to employment. (See Matter of Zyla v. Juilliard & Co., ‘Nil App. Div. 604), but the board expressly found as a fact, which we may not disturb because of evidence to support it, that up to December 10, 1945, (the date of the second accident) claimant was not suffering from any permanent condition due to a previous accident or disease which was or was likely to be a hindrance or obstacle to employment. Such a finding precludes the application of subdivision 8 of section 15 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. Decision and award unanimously affirmed, with costs to the Workmen’s Compensation Board. Present — Foster, P. J., Heffernan, Brewster, Bergan and Coon, JJ.