Opinion
March 2, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Silverman, J.).
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
Workers' Compensation Law § 11, as amended (L 1996, ch 635, § 2), is to be applied prospectively and is thus inapplicable here, where the underlying injury occurred before the effective date of the amendment (see, Morales v. Gross, 230 A.D.2d 7; Delacruz v. Wistyn, NYLJ, Nov. 3, 1997, at 27, col 6; Seymour v. Balata Belting Co., 174 Misc.2d 677; see also, Massella v. Partner Indus. Prods., 242 A.D.2d 870; Doria v. Cooke Props., 245 A.D.2d 59; Majewski v. Broadalbin-Perth Cent. School Dist., 231 A.D.2d 102, 111).
Thompson, J. P., Pizzuto, Joy and Krausman, JJ., concur.