Court Upholds Calculation of Worker's Benefits for Concurrent Awards

A New York appellate court ruled that a worker with two claims was not entitled to receive compensation in excess of the statutory maximum rates. Case: Matter of the Claim of Jagiello v. Air Tech Lab Inc., No. 531739, 06/24/2021, published. Facts and procedural history: Czeslaw Jagiello has an established workers' compensation claim for an occupational disease that became disabling in 2017. He also has a prior claim for injuries arising out of his work at the World Trade Center site after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Under the World Trade Center claim, he was awarded $400...