Yolas v. NYCTA, 3rd Dept. 2/22/24 CV-22-1903 - The 3rd Dept. issued a good decision on a Sec. 114-a violation. In this decision, the Court did not buy the “good days and bad days” argument to explain away why the petitioner...more
Matter of Fernandez v. NYCTA. CV-23-0309 - The 3rd Dept. affirmed the Board’s decision to disallow this COVID-19 death claim. In this case, it involved an essential worker in the early days of COVID-19. The decedent was a...more
Delaware and New York have released the 2023-2024 workers' compensation temporary disability benefit rates based on the statewide average weekly wage. These rates take effect July 1, 2023....more
Offering an in-depth look, the New York version of this program will examine what cases have influenced workers’ compensation matters in 2022. Weber Gallagher attorneys Ted Eder, Tom Park, and James French will then look at...more
Delaware and New York have released the 2022-2023 workers' compensation temporary disability benefit rates based on the statewide average weekly wage. These rates take effect July 1, 2022. ...more
On Tuesday April 26, 2022, in Nemeth v. Brenntag North America, New York’s highest court dismissed the manufacturer of a cosmetic talc product in an asbestos case. For the second time in the last 4 years, the New York Court...more
The crossroads of workers’ compensation and civil defense merged on Thursday, January 27, 2022, with the New York State Appellate Division, 3rd Department’s decision in Walker v. GlaxoSmithKline....more
The New York State Appellate Division, 3rd Dept. published three decisions on Thursday, December 9, 2021, determining whether an unemployment insurance claimant is an employee or an independent contractor. ...more