Worker's Alleged Mental Incompetency No Excuse for Delay in Filing Claim

A New York appellate court upheld the denial of benefits to a worker as time-barred despite her claim of mental incompetency. Case: Matter of Rho v Beth Israel Medical, No. 531518, 05/27/2021, published. Facts and procedural history: Marie R. Rho worked for Beth Israel Medical as a patient care associate. She filed a workers’ compensation claim in April 2010 asserting she had suffered injuries while assisting a patient in July 2005. Beth Israel and its insurance carrier controverted the claim as untimely. Rho failed to appear at a hearing in June 2010 and her clai...