Carrier Gets Credit Against SLU for Worker's Knee Injury

A New York appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier was entitled to a credit against the schedule loss of use award for a psychiatric center employee’s knee injury, since he already received an SLU award for a hip injury affecting the same leg. Case: Matter of Rickard v. Central New York Psychiatric Center, No. 529842, 10/01/2020, published. Facts: James Rickard worked for the Central New York Psychiatric Center. He suffered an injury to his left knee while restraining a patient. After Rickard reached maximum medical improvement, his treating orthopedist opined that h...