Summary Judgment Overturned in Board Dispute With Group Self-Insurance Trust Members

A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment to the Workers’ Compensation Board in a breach of contract dispute with some of the former members of a defunct group self-insurance trust. Case: Ficel Transport Inc. v. State of New York, No. 534146, 10/20/2022, published. Facts and procedural history: The Transportation Industry Workers' Compensation Trust was a group self-insurance trust that was terminated in 2008 because of poor financial conditions. The Workers' Compensation Board assumed administration of the trust and, after accounting in 2010, calculated...