A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a defendant in a Labor Law action was not entitled to summary judgment on a third-party

A New York appellate court ruled that a worker knocked unconscious by a falling ladder was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim.

The Workers Compensation Research Institute reported an increase in lump-sum settlements after New York lawmakers adopted reforms in 2007.

About a quarter of indemnity claims,

A divided New York appellate court upheld the denial of benefits for a bus driver’s post-traumatic stress disorder.

Case: Matter of Waddy v. Manhattan &

A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his slip-and-fall accident.

Case: Bravo