Worker Doesn't Need to Prove Labor Market Attachment to Get PPD Award

A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to the benefit of a change in the law that relieved her of the burden to prove an attachment to the labor market. Bonnie Blake suffered injuries to her neck and shoulder while at work in 2000. In 2011, Blake was classified with a permanent partial disability, but she received no benefits because she was working and had no causally related lost earnings. In 2013, her employer’s insurance carrier was discharged from liability, which was transferred to the Special Fund for Reopened Cases. In 2017, Blake injured her neck an...