Employers Payment of PPD to Worker Didn't Foreclose Ability to Transfer Liability to Special Fund

A New York appellate court ruled that a carrier's ongoing payment of permanent partial disability benefits to a worker who had suffered two compensable accidents during the course of his employment with the carrier's insured didn't bar the carrier from transferring liability for the older claim to the Special Fund for Reopened Cases. Case: Matter of Wetterau v. Canada Dry, No. 518110, 01/29/2015, published. Facts: James Wetterau slipped and fell against the bumper of a truck in December 1999 while working in a Canada Dry warehouse. A workers' compensation law judge awarded h...