Worker Had No Loss of Wages From Occupational Disease

A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a former World Trade Center recovery worker had suffered no loss of wages from an occupational disease he contracted from exposure to lead. Case: Matter of Usewicz v. Nozbestos Construction Corp., No. 525123, 02/15/2018, published. Facts: Zdzislaw Usewicz worked as an asbestos handler who assisted with the recovery efforts at the World Trade Center terrorism site. He later began to suffer from depression, asthma, rhinitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease and post-traumatic stress disorder.  Usewicz established a workers’ comp...