A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker should not have been subjected to a forfeiture of his benefits, because the record did not support a finding that he had made misrepresentations about his condition.
Case: Matter of Persons v. Halmar International, No. 526722, 04/11/2019, published.
Facts: Matthew Persons worked as a construction laborer. He suffered injuries to his shoulders, neck, back and hips after he became trapped inside a large pipe that was filling with water.
Persons also developed post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.
Procedural history: Persons sec...
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