Court Tosses Awards for Conditions Unrelated to Workplace Fall

A New York appellate court ruled that an administrative assistant was entitled to benefits for a shoulder injury, but not for carpal tunnel and cubital tunnel syndromes, because evidence did not support a finding that her conditions were related to an on-the-job fall. Case: Matter of Christensen-Mavrigiannakis v. Nomura Securities International Inc., No. 528134, 09/26/2019, published. Facts: Deborah Christensen-Mavrigiannakis worked for Nomura Securities International Inc. as an administrative assistant. She suffered injuries in March 2016 when she fell on a slippery floor as she was leaving...