Worker Lost Ability to Challenge Board Decision Denying Benefits

A New York appellate court ruled that a worker’s failure to appeal from a board decision denying him benefits prevented it from reviewing the merits of the decision. Case: Brasher v. Sam Dell’s Dodge Corp., No. 523096, 03/22/2018, published. Facts and procedural history: David Brasher established two workers’ compensation claims against his employer, Sam Dell’s Dodge Corp., based on injuries he suffered in 1986 and in 2002. In 2015, a workers’ compensation law judge found that Brasher’s injuries had left him with a 75% permanent partial disability, b...