2nd Circuit Declines to Review Constitutionality of 2007 Reforms

A federal appellate court declined to consider the constitutionality of two of former Gov. Eliot Spitzer's 2007 reforms because it could disrupt New York's "carefully established" workers' compensation system.Case: Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Hurlbut, No. 09-1215, 11/04/09, published.Facts: Liberty Mutual filed a federal action seeking an injunction to bar the New York State Insurance Fund and the New York State Workers' Compensation Board from enforcing two statutes from the state's 2007 reforms. One statute, Workers' Compensation Law 27, grants the board the autho...