World Trade Center Response Worker Denied Benefits for Psyche Disability

A New York appellate court rescinded an award of benefits to a worker who responded to the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, finding the evidence did not support a conclusion that her disability was related to psychiatric injuries from her work. Case: Matter of Hughes v. World Trade Center Volunteer Fund, No. 526652, 11/15/2018, published. Facts and procedural history: Rachel Hughes was a volunteer worker who responded to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. She began to suffer from gastroesophageal reflux disease, extrinsic asthma, chronic sinusitis, s...