A New York appellate court upheld the apportionment of an injured truck driver’s disability between his most recent work accident and a decades-old accident.
Case: Matter of Young v. LP Transportation, No. CV-23-1751, 11/14/2024, published.
Facts: Duane Young worked as a truck driver for LP Transportation Inc. He suffered injuries in a motor vehicle accident in 1971.
Young established a workers’ compensation claim for his injuries. He testified that it took him about a year to recover from his injuries, and after that, he returned to work as a truck driver.
Young underwent surg...
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