A New York appellate court upheld an award of benefits to a carpenter for his injuries from a fall, despite discrepancies in his report of how the accident occurred.
Case: Matter of Castillo Gonzalez v. Expo Concrete LLC, No. CV-25-1060, 10/08/2026, published.
Facts: Bernardo Castillo Gonzalez worked as a carpenter. In April 2023, he informed his employer that he had tripped and fallen while working on a project.
Castillo Gonzalez was sent to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with an orbital wall fracture, subdermal hematoma and left forearm contusion.
According to the treating physicia...
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