Carrier Liable for Worker's Occupational Disease, Plus Penalty

A New York appellate court upheld a determination of compensability for a longtime mason’s occupational disease from repetitive trauma, as well as the assessment of a penalty against his employer’s insurance carrier. Samuel Davis worked as a brick mason for more than 25 years. He filed a workers’ compensation claim against Gia Quinto Masonry, asserting that he developed an occupational disease affecting his hands, wrists and knees from repetitive work-related trauma. A workers’ compensation law judge established the claim. Gia Quinto and its insurance carrier app...