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WORKERS’ COMPENSATION DEATH BENEFIT CLAIMS CANNOT BE TRANSFERRED TO THE SPECIAL FUND ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2014, EVEN IF THE DISABILITY CLAIM FOR THE SAME INJURY HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED BEFORE THE CUT-OFF (CT APP).

The Court of Appeals, reversing the Appellate Division, in a full-fledged opinion by Judge Rivera, over a two-judge dissent, determined Workers’ Compensation death benefit claims which accrued on orf after January 1, 2014, cannot be transferred to the Special Fund for Reopened Cases (Special Fund) even if the disability claim for the same injury had been transferred prior to the cut-off:

Under Workers’ Compensation Law (WCL) § 25-a (1-a), no liability for claims submitted on or after January 1, 2014, may be transferred to the Special Fund for Reopened Cases (the Special Fund). The common issue presented in these appeals is whether WCL § 25-a (1-a) forecloses the transfer of liability for a death benefits claim submitted on or after the cut-off, regardless of the prior transfer of liability for a worker’s disability claim arising out of the same injury. Based on the plain statutory language, which broadly applies to all claims submitted after the deadline, and our established precedent that a death benefits claim accrues at the time of death and “is a separate and distinct legal proceeding” from the worker’s original disability claim … , we conclude that liability for the death benefits claims at issue here could not be transferred to the Special Fund. Matter of Verneau v Consolidated Edison Co. of N.Y., Inc., 2021 NY Slip Op 06531, CtApp 11-23-21

 

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