A New York appellate court ruled that a preschool teacher wasn't entitled to expand the scope of his comp claim for his injures from a brawl with the parent of a student.
Case: Matter of Oparaji v. Books & Rattles, No. 521389, 02/09/2017, published.
Facts: Maurice Oparaji worked for Books & Rattles as a preschool teacher.
He filed a workers' compensation claim after he suffered injuries in a physical altercation with the parent of one of his students in 2008.
Oparaji began receiving benefits for injuries to his neck and chest.
In 2010, he asked that his claim be expanded t...
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