Board Posts Documents Five Years After Injury

Forms submitted by an employer were timely though the New York Workers' Compensation Board waited months to post them as received, the 3rd Judicial Department of the Appellate Division ruled. In Guarascio v. Spargo Wire Co., No. 99585, 09/28/2006, Anthony Guarascio, a truck driver, injured his back and shoulder while at work on Oct. 27, 1995. He sought medical treatment for his injuries and was out of work until January 1996. As a result, from Nov. 20, 1995 through Jan. 2, 1996, Spargo's workers' compensation carrier paid workers' compensation benefits on Guarascio's behalf. In December 1996...