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What Do You Think: Did Not Mentioning Prior Accidents Put Brakes on Truck Driver’s Claim?
What Do You Think: Did Not Mentioning Prior Accidents Put Brakes on Truck Driver’s Claim?

West Babylon, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employer in New York may be able to avoid a workers’ compensation claim if it can establish that the employee made false statements in order to obtain benefits. One […]
Do You Know the Rule? N.Y. Presumption of Compensability for Workplace Assaults
Do You Know the Rule? N.Y. Presumption of Compensability for Workplace Assaults

Albany, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In New York, it’s presumed that an injury which occurs in the course of work also arises out of employment and is thus compensable under the state’s workers’ compensation law. That […]
N.Y. Presumption Leads Court to Find Fall Happened in Course of Employment
N.Y. Presumption Leads Court to Find Fall Happened in Course of Employment

If a worker falls on the job, but no one saw what happened, what happens? The court in Bosque v. Prime Support Inc., 2024 WL 1774127 (N.Y. App. Div. 04/25/24) addressed the question, applying a […]
Compliance Corner: N.Y. Hearings, Section 32 Waivers
Compliance Corner: N.Y. Hearings, Section 32 Waivers

Albany, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Insurers will often accept a claim and promptly begin paying benefits. However, an insurer can dispute a claim for various reasons. It may not agree that the employee was injured, it may […]
N.Y. Subway Worker Pepper-sprayed in Ongoing Attacks on Transit Workers
N.Y. Subway Worker Pepper-sprayed in Ongoing Attacks on Transit Workers

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) - On April 22, a worker cleaning a Metropolitan Transit Authority subway was attacked with pepper spray, officials said this week. The worker was cleaning a train at its northern terminal […]
What Do You Think: Was Coworker’s Verbal Assault of Hospital Worker a ‘Workplace Accident?’
What Do You Think: Was Coworker’s Verbal Assault of Hospital Worker a ‘Workplace Accident?’

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Can verbal abuse ever cause a compensable psychological injury in New York? A case involving a senior rehabilitation for a city hospital with PTSD recently explored that question. The counselor claimed that […]
Compliance Corner: N.Y. Notice, Proof of Disability
Compliance Corner: N.Y. Notice, Proof of Disability

Albany, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Let's say you're in New York and need to know what notice and proof of disability the Empire State needs for workers' compensation purposes. The following information covers what state law […]
What Do You Think: Was Asking Transit Authority Worker to Travel from N.J. to Big Apple for IME Unreasonable?
What Do You Think: Was Asking Transit Authority Worker to Travel from N.J. to Big Apple for IME Unreasonable?

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – There was some irony in a Transit Authority worker’s contention that traveling to Manhattan for an independent medical examination was too much to ask. Perhaps he might have considered an […]