Board Can't Consider Records From Worker's Prior Comp Claim

A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board could not rely on the medical records from a prior claim filed by a transit authority employee a year before he died to determine whether the death was compensable. Case: Kaplan v. New York City Transit Authority, No. 525879, 06/07/2018, published. Facts: Lyubov Kaplan worked for the New York City Transit Authority. In July 2015, he collapsed while in a locker room at work. Kaplan was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The emergency room records indicate that his death was caused by cardiac a...