Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York November 21, 2007 (Claim of Cullen v. City of White Plains)

Spain, J.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed September 11, 2006, which ruled that claimant had a 50% schedule loss of use of his right leg.

Claimant injured his right knee in a work-related accident in 1996. This injury required immediate surgery as well as follow-up surgeries in 1997 and 2000.