Retail Worker Gets Benefits for Fall in Store Bathroom

A New York appellate court upheld an award of benefits to a retail worker for an injury to her ankle after she slipped and fell in a flooded bathroom. Case: Matter of Kotok v. Victoria’s Secret, No. 529769, 03/16/2020, published. Facts and procedural history: Brenda Kotok worked for Victoria's Secret as a sales specialist. She filed a workers’ compensation claim seeking benefits for alleged injuries to her foot and ankle after a fall. According to Kotok, she injured herself when she slipped and fell on a flooded bathroom floor at work in March 2017. Victoria's ...