Court Tosses Mother's Challenge to Board Finding that Student Extern Was Company Employee

A graduate student's mother cannot appeal a decision by the Workers' Compensation Board that her son was an employee of the laboratory where he died because it was not a final decision that revolved all the issues in the case, a New York appellate court ruled. Case: Matter of the Estate of Yoo v. Rockwell Compounding Associates, No. 525330, 02/08/2018, published. Facts: While James Yoo was a doctor of pharmacy student at St. John's University, he participated in an externship program on the premises of Rockwell Compounding Associates. On Feb. 7, 2013, the 22-year old was at a Ro...