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.