Employer's Procedural Flub Forfeited Challenge to Worker's Award

A New York appellate court ruled that an employer’s failure to include the appropriate cover sheet for an appeal resulted in the forfeiture of its challenge to an award to an injured police officer. Case: Matter of Levine v. Incorporated Village of Freeport, No. 524659, 10/05/2017, published. Facts and procedural history: Michael Levine worked as a police officer for the Incorporated Village of Freeport. He suffered injuries to his knee, back and ankle when he jumped a fence while pursuing a suspect. A workers’ compensation law judge determined that the accident had ca...