A New York appellate court upheld the termination of a worker's entitlement to benefits after she was caught on tape walking and carrying her dog, which belied her representations as to her physical limitations from her industrial injury.
Case: Matter of Hershewsky v. Community General Hospital, No. 517625, 02/11/2015, published.
Facts: Edna Hershewsky injured her back in 1992 while working for the Community General Hospital and began collecting workers' compensation benefits.
In 2011, her former employer's insurance carrier moved to disqualify her from receiving further benefit...
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