High Court Affirms Prevalence Assessment for COVID-19 Infections

New York's top court endorsed a method for workers to prove extraordinary COVID-19 exposure through frequent contact with the public or co-workers in areas where the virus is prevalent. Family Dollar argued the prevalence assessment used by the State Workers' Compensation Board is inconsistent with the goal of providing coverage for accidental injuries arising out of and in the course of employment, and diseases or infections that "naturally and unavoidably result therefrom." The company said the high court's holding in Matter of Lerner v. Rump Bros. requires injured wo...