Worker Gets Award for Shoulder Injury Despite Untimely Notice to Employer

A New York appellate court upheld an award of benefits to a school custodian despite her five-month delay in reporting her shoulder injury. Case: Matter of Leduc v. Northeastern Clinton CSD, No. 530688, 09/02/2021, published. Facts: Donna Leduc worked as a custodian for the Northeastern Clinton CSD. In February 2018, she was working with another custodian to clean a classroom, depositing the trash they collected into a rolling cart known as a gondola. They pushed the gondola through the parking lot toward a large bin. When the pavement ended, the gondola got stuck in snow and ice. Ledu...