Court Says Injured Worker Could Get Schedule Loss of Use Benefits as Lump Sum

A New York appellate court ruled that the state Workers' Compensation Board could award a worker a schedule loss of use benefits as a lump sum without running afoul of the maximum disability rate provisions of Workers' Compensation Law Section 15. Case: Matter of Walczyk v. Lewis Tree Service, No. 520132, 12/24/2015, published. Facts: Robert Walczyk filed a workers' compensation claim for a back injury in 2005. He eventually established that this injury had caused him a permanent partial disability. Walczyk also filed a claim for his bilateral carpel tunnel syndrome. A wor...