Employer's Procedural Flub Results in Loss of Challenge to Claim

A New York appellate court ruled that an employer forfeited its challenge to the compensability of an employee’s foot injury by appealing from the wrong decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board. Case: Matter of Everett v. Sodexo, No. 524479, 08/17/2017, published. Facts: Eugene Everett worked as a dishwasher for Sodexo Inc. A large pot fell on his foot while he was at work in April 2014, causing injury. One of his toes later became infected, and the infection led doctors to amputate half of Everett’s foot. Procedural history: Everett filed a workers’ compensation ...