Worker Getting Max Level of Weekly Benefits Can Get Loss Award as Lump Sum

A New York appellate court ruled that a mehcanic with a permanent partial disability claim providing benefits at the maximum level of weekly compensation could receive a lump sum payment of a schedule loss of use award for a second injury without running afoul of the statutory cap. Case: Matter of Colasanti v. Con Edison, NY Slip Op. 06286, 09/29/2016, published. Facts and Procedural History: Anthony Colasanti worked as a mechanic for Con Edison. A workers' compensation law judge found Colasanti was entitled to a schedule loss of use award for his bilateral carp...