Lack of Specificity Wrecks Worker's Challenge to Ruling

A New York appellate court said a worker’s failure to identify the date she had made an objection to a ruling was fatal to her challenge. Case: Matter of Martinez v. Family Care Services Inc., No. 529174, 03/16/2020, published. Facts and procedural history: Martha Martinez worked for Family Care Services Inc. as a home attendant. She established a workers’ compensation claim for a back injury from 2012. In June 2018, a workers’ compensation law judge found Martinez had not worked from January to April of that year. The judge further found Martinez did not remain attached t...