Award of Benefits at PPD Rate Didn't Constitute Classification of Disability

A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker was never classified as having a permanent partial disability even though she had received multiple awards of benefits at a PPD rate. Case: Matter of Murray v. South Glens Falls School District, No. 526052, 11/15/2018, published. Facts and procedural history: Bonnie Murray worked for the South Glens Falls School District. She suffered injuries while at work in December 2007. Murray established a workers’ compensation claim for injuries to her back and trapezius. In June 2010, a workers’ compensation law judge entered a...