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High Court: Carrier Can Get Credit against Rape Victim's Settlement

By Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)

Monday, November 25, 2013 | 0

New York's highest court ruled that a youth division aide at a juvenile detention center who was kidnapped and raped by an inmate was properly subject to having her workers' compensation benefits for her injuries offset by the amount of the settlement she received in a civil suit against her employer based on this same incident.Case: In the Matter of Beth V. v. New York State Office of Children & Family Services, No. 202, 11/19/2013, published.Facts: A woman identified by the court as Beth V. had worked in the kitchen of the Cass Residential Center, a secure juvenile detention faci...

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