WCB Adopts Emergency Rules to Implement Court's Livery Fund Decision

The New York Workers’ Compensation Board adopted emergency rules it says are necessary to implement an appellate court decision that awarded benefits to a livery driver who was shot by a passenger. Jeffrey Cisnero was working as a for-hire driver in March 2018 when Excellent Car & Limousine Services dispatched him to transport a passenger who robbed him and shot him several times. Cisnero was working for a company that was a member of the Independent Livery Driver Benefit Fund. He was driving a vehicle owned by a company that was a member of the New York Black Car Operators’ ...