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Cheat Sheet: What are the Exceptions to N.Y. ‘Coming and Going’ Rule?
Cheat Sheet: What are the Exceptions to N.Y. ‘Coming and Going’ Rule?

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The general rule in New York workers’ compensation law is that an employee is not entitled to benefits for an injury that occurs on the way to or from work. […]
N.Y. Iron Worker’s Doctors Showed his Fall Exacerbated Existing Injury
N.Y. Iron Worker’s Doctors Showed his Fall Exacerbated Existing Injury

Flushing, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – If an employer believes that an accident that occurred at work was not the cause of a worker’s claimed injury, it’s vital for the company to challenge the worker’s medical testimony […]
What Do You Think: Was N.Y. Detective Trashed by Truck ‘In Course of Employment?’
What Do You Think: Was N.Y. Detective Trashed by Truck ‘In Course of Employment?’

Stonybrook, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Employees are usually not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for injuries that occur on their way to work. But as a case involving a detective struck by a truck on the […]
What Do You Think: Was Physical Therapist’s ‘Stress Event’ Physical Injury?
What Do You Think: Was Physical Therapist’s ‘Stress Event’ Physical Injury?

Albany, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – It’s much easier for an employee to obtain workers’ compensation benefits in New York for a physical injury than for a “psychic” or mental injury. But what if a physical injury […]
Probation Officer Can’t Sue Sheriff Over Hearing Damaged in Training Exercise
Probation Officer Can’t Sue Sheriff Over Hearing Damaged in Training Exercise

Goshen, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – In New York, the state’s Worker’s Compensation Law bars fellow employees from suing one another for negligence or wrongful death. As one case shows, however, whether two employees work for the […]
Wife Can’t Link Husband’s COVID Death to Workplace
Wife Can’t Link Husband’s COVID Death to Workplace

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Many states, including New York, created a specific standard for determining whether an individual infected by COVID-19 can tie that injury to their employment.As one case shows, it’s not enough […]
IME Status Renders N.Y. Doctor’s Testimony, Reports Inadmissible
IME Status Renders N.Y. Doctor’s Testimony, Reports Inadmissible

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- How much does medical treatment have to look like an independent medical examination to officially count as an IME? In Feldman v. New York City Transit Authority, 2023 WL 3099529 […]
N.Y. Construction Worker’s ‘Incredible’ Tale of Falling Concrete Turns Petition to Dust
N.Y. Construction Worker’s ‘Incredible’ Tale of Falling Concrete Turns Petition to Dust

Woodside, NY (WorkersCompensation.com). It pays to take photographs in the aftermath of an employee’s injury. The photos could ultimately tell a more convincing story than the employee’s own words when it comes to the severity […]