Worker Doesn't Forfeit Benefits by Failing to Disclose Prior Injuries

A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a worker did not knowingly misrepresent material facts about her condition. Case: Matter of Sanchez v. US Concrete, No. 530941, 05/20/2021, published. Facts and procedural history: Nancy Sanchez worked for US Concrete. She filed a workers’ compensation claim for alleged injuries to her abdomen, back and neck stemming from an incident at work in August 2017. Her claim was thereafter established for an aggravation of an abdominal injury and later amended to include injuries to her back and neck, and consequential major depression di...