NY 3rd: Domestic Partners Entitled to Benefits

The Third Judicial Department of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court held that a domestic partner is entitled to death benefits despite the detriment to the decedent's children. In Taylor v. AON Corp., No. 97644, 08/11/2005, Sarah Taylor's ex-husband (the decedent) was killed in the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center. Taylor applied for death benefits on behalf of their minor children. However, the decedent's domestic partner was awarded death benefits to the financial detriment of the children. Consequently, Taylor challenged the constitutionality of Workers' ...