Substantial evidence supported the New York Workers’ Compensation Board’s determination that a claimant, a bus driver, had not sustained an injury arising out of and in the course of his...
Bus Camera Video Sinks NY City Driver’s Back Injury Claim Bus Camera Video Sinks NY City Driver’s Back Injury ClaimA New York appellate court held that substantial evidence supported a decision by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board disqualifying a workers’ compensation claimant from further benefits, based upon his misrepresentation...
“Roll the Video”: Surveillance Footage Supports NY Board’s Finding That Claimant Misrepresented Material Fact “Roll the Video”: Surveillance Footage Supports NY Board’s Finding That Claimant Misrepresented Material FactIn an unpublished decision, an Arizona appellate court affirmed a determination by the state’s Industrial Commission that found an employee’s workers’ compensation claim was not compensable because the employee’s injuries...
Arizona Employee’s Idiopathic Fall is Not Compensable Arizona Employee’s Idiopathic Fall is Not CompensableA New York appellate court held that while the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board was within its discretion when it found an injured worker had violated N.Y. Workers’ Comp. Law §...
NY Claimant Should Not Have Been Permanently Barred From Indemnity Benefits NY Claimant Should Not Have Been Permanently Barred From Indemnity BenefitsA New York appellate court affirmed a finding by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board that a former fireman violated N.Y. Workers’ Comp. Law § 114-a when he represented in a...
Videotape Surveillance Dooms Former NY Firefighter’s Right to Continued Wage Replacement Benefits Videotape Surveillance Dooms Former NY Firefighter’s Right to Continued Wage Replacement BenefitsCourt Says Board Mischaracterized Videotape Surveillance Evidence A New York appellate court reversed a decision by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board that disqualified a claimant from receiving future wage replacement...
NY Court Reverses Board’s Decision to Disqualify Claimant From Future Benefits NY Court Reverses Board’s Decision to Disqualify Claimant From Future BenefitsA determination by the New York Workers’ Compensation Board that a claimant made false representations regarding material facts in violation of N.Y. Workers’ Comp. Law § 114-a was supported by...
Video Surveillance & Social Media Result in Misconduct Finding by NY Board Video Surveillance & Social Media Result in Misconduct Finding by NY Board© Copyright 2016. Thomas A. Robinson. All rights reserved. For reprint permission, contact tom@workcompwriter.com. For the past ten Decembers or so, I have annually compiled what I think are the...
The Top 10 Bizarre Workers’ Comp Cases for 2016 The Top 10 Bizarre Workers’ Comp Cases for 2016NY Employer’s Surveillance of Injured Worker Fails to Establish Fraud
A New York appellate court affirmed a decision by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board that an employer’s surveillance videos and testimony of its private investigator, which primarily showed a workers’...
NY Employer’s Surveillance of Injured Worker Fails to Establish Fraud
NY Employer’s Surveillance of Injured Worker Fails to Establish Fraud
A divided Court of Appeals of Iowa, in Iowa Insurance Institute v. Core Group of the Iowa Association for Justice, 2014 Iowa App. LEXIS 1067 (Oct. 29, 2014), has held...
Iowa: Surveillance Videos of Injured Workers Not Protected by Work Product Privilege Iowa: Surveillance Videos of Injured Workers Not Protected by Work Product Privilege