4 A.D.2d 896 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1957
Appeal by the employer and insurance carrier from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, which denied them reimbursement from the Special Disability Fund under subdivision 8 of section 15 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The claimant had suffered an injury to his left hip in his youth, which resulted in a shortening of his left leg. According to conflicting testimony, the shortening was from one-fourth of an inch to one inch. The claimant testified that he limped only in bad weather but the employer’s manager testified that the claimant walked with a decided limp which was noticeable at the time of hiring and thereafter. He stated that he had discussed the claimant’s injury with him because he had