Attorney's Failure to Complete Application Warranted Denial

A New York appellate court ruled that an attorney’s failure to fill out every section of an application for administrative review was a proper basis for the Workers’ Compensation Board to deny it. Case: Matter of Jones v. Human Resources Administration, No. 527432, 07/03/2019, published. Facts and procedural history: Laverne Jones was a fraud investigator for the City of New York. While at work in March 2016, Jones had to jump from a stopped elevator into the arms of a firefighter. Jones established a workers’ compensation claim for an injury to her right knee, and adjustm...