Opinion
No. 130 SSM 18
09-06-2018
In the Matter of the Claim of Melody WOHLFEIL, Respondent, v. SHAREL VENTURES, LLC, Respondent, Workers' Compensation Board, Appellant.
Barbara D. Underwood, Attorney General, Albany (Laura Etlinger and Andrew D. Bing of counsel), for appellant. Habberfield Kaszycki, LLP, Buffalo (Melissa Habberfield of counsel), for Sharel Ventures, LLC, respondent. Melvin Bressler, Pittsford, for Melody Wohlfeil, respondent.
Barbara D. Underwood, Attorney General, Albany (Laura Etlinger and Andrew D. Bing of counsel), for appellant.
Habberfield Kaszycki, LLP, Buffalo (Melissa Habberfield of counsel), for Sharel Ventures, LLC, respondent.
Melvin Bressler, Pittsford, for Melody Wohlfeil, respondent.
OPINION OF THE COURT
On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals ( 22 NYCRR 500.11 ), order reversed, with costs, and decision of the Workers' Compensation Board reinstated. On this record, substantial evidence supports the Board's determination that claimant has a permanent partial disability with a 75% loss of wage-earning capacity (see generally Matter of Zamora v New York Neurologic Assoc., 19 N.Y.3d 186, 192–193, 947 N.Y.S.2d 788, 970 N.E.2d 823 [2012] ; see also Matter of Burgos v. Citywide Cent. Ins. Program, 30 N.Y.3d 990, 990–991, 66 N.Y.S.3d 216, 88 N.E.3d 375 [2017] ).
Chief Judge DiFiore and Judges Rivera, Stein, Fahey, Garcia, Wilson and Feinman concur.