No Benefits for Worker Who Claimed PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injury

A New York appellate court upheld the denial of benefits to a construction worker for his claim that he had suffered a traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder because of an on-the-job fall. Case: Matter of Neira-Bernal v. SIG Contracting Corp., No. 530319, 05/14/2020, published. Facts and procedural history: Luis A. Neira-Bernal worked for the SIG Contracting Corp. He suffered multiple injuries in June 2016 in a fall from scaffolding. A workers’ compensation law judge awarded Neira-Bernal benefits for his injuries. Neira-Bernal later sought to amend his workers&rsqu...