No Lost Wage Benefits for Worker Suffering From Lead Exposure

A New York appellate court upheld a denial of benefits to a worker suffering from disabilities related to industrial lead exposure. Case: Matter of Usewicz v. Nozbestos Construction Corp., No. 530398, 05/20/2021, published. Facts and procedural history: Zdzislaw Usewicz worked for the Nozbestos Construction Corp. He established workers' compensation claims relating to his 2001 participation in recovery efforts at the World Trade Center site, and another for an occupational disease caused by his workplace exposure to lead. After he stopped working in 2012, Usewicz was classified wit...