Lawsuit Challenges WCB's Process for Handling Late Penalties

By Peter Mantius, Northern Bureau ChiefAn injured New York City employee from Brooklyn has filed a legal challenge to a week-old public notice from the state Workers’ Compensation Board announcing a new administrative process for handling penalties against employers that fail to pay claims on time.Laurette Liberius alleges in an Article 78 petition filed in Kings County Supreme Court April 9 that illegal board rulings deprived her of $5,181.16 in mandatory late payment penalties due from her employer. The complaint names as defendants the City of New York and WCB Chairman Robert E. ...