Court Dismisses Worker's Appeal of Wage-Loss Determination

A New York appellate court dismissed a worker’s appeal of a decision that found she no longer had lost wages related to her injury. Case: Matter of McCrea v. City of Buffalo, No. 534976, 10/27/2022, published. Facts: Crystal McCrea worked as a systems support analyst for the City of Buffalo. She injured her back lifting a chair at work in February 2020. The city, which is self-insured, accepted liability for her injury. McCrea was awarded workers' compensation benefits from Feb. 28, 2020, through March 19, 2020, at temporary partial and temporary total disability rates. In M...