A New York appellate court ruled that a worker whose medical records were devoid of any reference to a work-related back injury failed to establish the occurrence of a compensable accident.
Case: Losardo v. Baxter Healthcare Corp., No. 519285, 03/12/2015, published.
Facts: Gerald Losardo, a truck driver, filed a workers' compensation claim, asserting he had injured his back in October 2007, while unloading a delivery truck.
Losardo claimed that he notified his employer of his injury the day after it happened, and that he immediately sought medical treatment.
Records from Losardo's ...
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