Ruling Could Give Assessed Employers Fresh Options, Attorneys Say

By Peter MantiusNorthern Bureau ChiefAn appellate court ruling earlier this month that upheld an injunction against state efforts to assess 826 transportation employers that once belonged to a failed self-insurance trust may influence collection efforts against thousands of other employers associated with dozens of other trusts, attorneys for the employers said Monday.“(Riccelli Enterprises Inc., et al., versus the state Workers Compensation Board) is a significant development in the (WCB’s) collection suits,” said Joseph Makowski, a Buffalo attorney who represents 225 employ...