Court Overturns Denial of Benefits for Worker's Parking Area Accident

A New York appellate court overturned a denial of benefits to a worker for an after-hours accident that happened while he was accessing the gated area where he had been told to park his car. Case: Matter of Espinoza v. City Safety Compliance Corp., No. 535483, 10/12/2023, published. Facts: Jaime Espinoza worked for City Safety Compliance Corp. In July 2020, he was a safety manager in charge of monitoring a construction site when he injured his shoulder by pulling a gate in a parking area. Espinoza testified that, at the time of his injury, he had finished work for the day, signed out&n...