Testimony Exclusion Error Didn't Merit Reversal of Award

A New York appellate court ruled that an error by the Workers' Compensation Board in excluding an employer's medical expert testimony did not require reversal of an award for a school teacher's hip injury. Case: Matter of Sparkes v. Holy Family Church, No. 519430, 12/03/2015, published. Facts: Karen Sparkes, a schoolteacher for the Holy Family Church, established a workers' compensation claim for an injury to her right hip. She missed about a month of work and received medical treatment from April to June 2008. Sparkes sought medical treatment again in January...