No Additional Benefits for Injured Worker Who Failed to Look for New Job

A New York appellate court upheld a denial of a worker’s request for additional benefits after the exhaustion of her schedule loss of use awards, since she had not looked for a job. Case: Matter of Gonzalez v. Chester U.F.S.D., No. 534964, 06/01/2023, published. Facts and procedural history: Lisa Gonzalez established a workers’ compensation claim for an injury to her right ankle and, subsequently, a consequential exacerbation of a prior injury to her right knee. In 2020, the Workers' Compensation Board found that Gonzalez had a 52% schedule loss of use of the right foot and ...