Board Properly Denies Review of Application Lacking Proof of Service

A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board properly denied review of a worker’s appeal based on his failure to provide proofs of service of his application on all necessary parties. Case: In the Matter of the Claim of Szewczuk v. ETS Contracting Inc., No. 532172, 11/18/2021, published. Facts: Teodor Szewczuk worked for ETS Contracting Inc. until 2003. In 2019, a doctor told him that his longstanding hearing loss was causally related to noise exposure at work. Procedural history: Szewczuk filed a claim for benefits, but a workers’ compensation law...