Carrier Precluded from Presenting Evidence Still Prevails on Defense against Claim

A New York appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for injuries from an alleged on-the-job fall, even though her employer’s insurance carrier was precluded from presenting any evidence to contest her claim. Case: In the Matter of Liu v. Division of General Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, No. 530215, 09/03/2020, published. Facts and procedural history: Wen Liu worked as a data programming analyst for the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Liu filed a workers’ compensation claim asserting she had...