Court Orders More Proceedings to Determine if Carrier Owes Coverage

A New York appellate court ruled that further findings are necessary to determine if an insurance carrier can be liable for benefits to a worker who became disabled after the policy ended. Case: Matter of Pisarski v. Accurate Plumbing & Heating Co., No. 530631, 02/04/2021, published. Facts and procedural history: Michael Pisarski was a union plumber for 37 years. After he retired in November 2014, he established a workers’ compensation claim against the Accurate Plumbing and Heating Co. for an occupational disease. His date of disablement was initially set as Nov. 25, 2014, b...