Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York September 20, 2001 (Claim of Dumont v. Nestle Co.)

—Peters, J. Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed August 11, 1999, which discharged the Special Fund for Reopened Cases from liability pursuant to Workers’ Compensation Law § 25-a.

Claimant was awarded workers’ compensation benefits in connection with a lower back sprain he sustained during the course of his employment on October 2, 1984.