No Benefits for Allegedly Injured Public School Principal

A New York appellate court upheld the denial of benefits to a public school principal on the basis that she was not eligible for compensation. Case: Matter of Cunningham v. Department of Education, Nos. 532936, 532937, and 532938, 05/26/2022, published. Facts and procedural history: Paula Cunningham worked as a public school principal in New York City. She filed three separate workers' compensation claims, alleging that she sustained multiple work-related physical and psychological injuries related to incidents occurring in 2017 and 2019. A workers’ compensation law judge disallow...