Payment for Home Care Services Provided by Worker's Spouse Must Be Paid to Worker

A New York appellate court ruled that a comp carrier had to pay a permanently and totally disabled worker for the home care services being provided by his wife. Case: Matter of Buckner v. Buckner & Kaurofsky, No. 523833, 07/13/2017, published. Facts and Procedural History: Raymond Buckner had worked for Buckner & Kourofsky, a workers’ compensation defense firm, before a stroke left him hemiplegic and wheelchair-dependent. His award of permanent total disability benefits entitled him to home health care services, and his wife was authorized to be the provider of those...