Court: Worker Should Have Been Denied Leave to File Late Claim

A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should not have been granted permission to belatedly file civil claims against municipal entities for his alleged injuries from a construction site accident. Case: Matter of Philbin v. City of New York, No. 151922/22, 04/11/2024, published. Facts and procedural history: Stephen Philbin allegedly suffered injuries to his shoulder in a scaffold accident while working on property owned by the New York City Housing Authority. Philbin filed a workers’ compensation claim a few weeks later, but he waited months before attempting to file suit aga...