Workers’ Compensation

A SAMPLING OF “WORKERS’ COMPENSATION” ISSUES ADDRESSED IN THE NEW YORK APPELLATE DIGEST SEARCHABLE DATABASE

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION issues in this database include (but are far from limited to):

Railway Workers;

Federal Employer’s Liability Act (FELA);

Treatment Guidelines (apply out of state, etc.);

Alcohol (injured employee’s use of alcohol on the jobe);

Exclusive Remedy;

Employer’s Failure to Maintain a Workers’ Compensation Policy;

General Municipal Law 207-a Benefits (police officers, etc.);

Mental Health Problems;

Special Employees;

Parking Garage (injury in employer’s parking garage, etc.);

Schedule Loss of Use (SLU) Benefits;

Temporary Total Disability;

Temporary Partial Disability;

Stress, Anxiety and Phobias;

Nonschedule Permanent Partial Disability;

Permanent Partial Disability;

Notice (evidence considered by Board, etc.)’

Commuting (injury going to work not covered, etc.)’

Workers’ Compensation Trust;

Alter Ego of Employer;

Grave Injury;

Sidewalk Slip and Fall (outside employer’s building, etc.);

Traffic Accident (road owned by employer, etc.);

Parking Lot (slip and fall in employer’s parking lot, etc.);

Out of State Injury;

Occupational Disease (repetitive movements, etc.);

Accidental Injury (versus occupational disease, etc.);

Pre-Existing Conditions;

Strokes;

Heart Attacks;

Lost Wages Calculation;

Wage-Earning Capacity;

Loss of Wage-Earning Capacity;

Restrooms, Injury Walking To;

Settlements;

Litigation Costs;

Attachment to Labor Market;

Comparable Work;

Asbestos;

Sedentary Employment;

Light Work;

Death Benefits;

Unwitnessed Accidents;

Substantial Evidence;

Prostate Cancer (toxins, etc.);

Toxins (exposure at work, etc.);

Unreported Income;

Care by Family Members;

Attorney’s Fees (reimbursement, filling out application form, etc.);

Self-Insurance Trust;

Noise;

Amputation;

Full-Time Work (eligibility or benefits, etc.);

Collateral Source;

Special Fund;

Uninsured Employer;

Scope of Employment;

Reimbursement of Employer;

Indemnification;

Subject Matter Jurisdiction (out of state injury, etc.);

Causal Connection;

Closed Claims (reopen, etc.);

Expedited Permanency Hearing;

Failure to Timey Serve Employers;

Piercing the Corporate Veil;

Pilots;

Sky-Diving Instructors;

Labor Law (not an employee under Workers’ Compensation Law, employee under Labor Law, etc.);

Notice to Carrier (failure to inform, etc.);

Special Disability Fund;

General Municipal Law 205-e Benefits (police officers, etc.);

Permission to Settle;

Vocational Factors.