Lawmakers Continue Barraging General Assembly With Comp Bills

Dozens of workers’ compensation-related bills continue pouring into the New York General Assembly, including a proposal to prohibit compensation for workers injured while committing a crime. Assembly Bill 2081 notes that the courts have given the State Workers’ Compensation Board “wide latitude” in determining whether a worker’s conduct falls within the scope of employment. The bill’s justification states that in one case, the wife of a roofer was compensated for her husband’s death even though he died while stealing copper downspouts from a wor...