Worker With PPD Can't Get Extreme Hardship Redetermination

A New York appellate court ruled that a worker with a permanent partial disability waited too long to request an extreme hardship redetermination. Case: Matter of Jackson v. New York Foundling Hospital, No. CV-24-0615, 02/11/2026, published. Facts and procedural history: Nadine Jackson worked for New York Foundling Hospital as a case planner and social worker. She established a workers’ compensation claim in 2011 for bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. Jackson’s claim was later amended to include other conditions, and in 2014, she was classified with a permanent partial disability...