N.Y. High Court: No Lump Sum Award Owed to Estate of Deceased Worker
N.Y. High Court: No Lump Sum Award Owed to Estate of Deceased Worker New York’s highest court ruled Thursday that the estate of a deceased injured worker with no dependents, who died from causes unrelated to his work injury, is entitled only to the permanent disability benefits he would have received while alive, plus reasonable burial expenses. The Court of Appeals, in a 6-0 decision, rejected an argument by the estate of Norman Youngjohn that 2009 amendments to the state Workers’ Compensation Law required Berry Plastics Corp. to pay all of Youngjohn’s schedule loss of use award — to...
Source: claimsjournal.com