Special Funds Liability Under the Board’s Special Funds Group

It has become apparent over the recent years that the New York Workers’ Compensation Board, along with the Special Funds Group, will go to great lengths to resolve themselves of liability for outstanding claims under NY WCL Section 25(a), as well as 15(8), particularly in consequential death claims.

Under the 2007 reforms, the then-Second Injury Fund was closed to new claims with dates of injury on or after July 1, 2007. Then, on March 29, 2013, Section 25(a) was amended to close the Fund for …

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