Disability Retirement Benefit Could Bar Liability Shift

A disability retirement benefit could bar an employer's attempt to shift liability to the Special Fund for Reopened Cases, a New York appeals court ruled. Case: Claim of Stranahan v. Adirondack, No. 509900, 11/10/10. Published. Facts: Albert Stranahan, a corrections officer for Camp Adirondack, suffered work-related left knee and back injuries and received workers' compensation benefits in 1992. In 2000, he established a new workers' compensation claim for a new left knee injury and successfully sought disability retirement benefits. Eventually, Stranahan underwent a knee replaceme...