Retired Sheet Metal Worker Gets Award for Wage Loss Benefits

A New York appellate court upheld an award of wage loss benefits to a sheet metal worker, finding he did not voluntarily withdraw from the labor market. Case: Matter of Hernandez v. AABCO Sheet Metal, No. 533436, 06/23/2022, published. Facts: Jerome Hernandez, a sheet metal worker and union member, was laid off from his project-based employment in February 2008 when the job for which he had been hired was completed. He fell seriously ill a couple of weeks later and went to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism and nodules on his lungs and liver. At that time, a tre...