Worker's SLU Award Can Be Adjusted to Account for Prior Injuries

A New York appellate court ruled that a worker’s schedule loss of use award for a knee injury was properly adjusted to account for his two prior knee injuries for which he had also received SLU awards. Case: Matter of Genduso v. New York City Department of Education, No. 525766, 09/06/2018, published. Facts and procedural history: Anthony Genduso worked for the New York City Department of Education. He suffered injuries to his right knee in July 1997 when a ladder holding a coworker toppled over on him. Genduso filed a workers’ compensation claim, and a judge awarded benefi...