A New York appellate court upheld a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Board disqualifying a former school teacher from receiving benefits because he had lied about his need to retire because of his work-related injuries.
Case: Matter of Felicello v. Marlboro Central School District, No. 528308, 12/19/2019, published.
Facts and procedural history: Frank Felicello worked for the Marlboro Central School District as a physical education teacher. He suffered injuries in October 2013 when he tripped over a student's duffel bag and fell to the ground.
The school district did not cont...
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