A New York appellate court ruled that an employer was not entitled to shift liability for a worker's claim to the Special Fund for Reopened Cases since his case had not yet been "truly closed."
Case: Pankiw v. Eastman Kodak Co., No. 518005, 12/31/2014, published.
Facts: Donald Pankiw established a claim for workers' compensation benefits in 2004 based on injuries to his back and left shoulder. In 2008, a workers' compensation law judge amended his claim to include a consequential injury to his right shoulder.
Procedural History: Another workers' compensation law ju...
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