Sanitation Worker Should Have Received SLU Award

A New York appellate court ruled that a sanitation worker should have been granted a schedule loss of use award for an arm injury from being struck by a broken tree branch. Case: Matter of Cosides v. Town of Oyster Bay Sanitation, No. 529772, 07/02/2020, published. Facts and procedural history: John Cosides worked for the Town of Oyster Bay. He filed a workers’ compensation claim asserting he had suffered injuries when a refuse collection truck struck a tree, breaking off a branch that landed on him. A workers’ compensation law judge found that Cosides was entitled to benef...