Employer Forfeited Challenge to Board Order to Pay Deposit to State Aggregate Fund

A New York appellate court upheld an order by the Workers' Compensation Board compelling an employer to make a $341,123.64 deposit into the state aggregate trust fund to cover the cost of a worker's permanent total disability benefits from his Lyme disease. Case: Bailey v. Ben Ciccone Inc., No. 518139, 08/07/2014, published. Facts: Worrell Bailey suffered a tick bite while working in the woods and contracted Lyme disease.  When he began to experience upper body muscle weakness, he quit working. Bailey's employer accepted liability for a workers' compensation claim based...