NY Claimant Wins COVID-19 Claim Without Aid of Presumption of Compensability
The Workcomp Writer
DECEMBER 31, 2022
A New York appellate court affirmed an award of benefits to an employee who contracted COVID-19 in spite of the fact that New York had no special presumption of compensability regarding such claims [ Matter of Pierre v. ABF Freight , 2022 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 6983 (3d Dept. Dec. 15, 2022). The key factor in the case was the fact that the employee’s treating physician testified that there was a causal relationship between the workplace and the claimant’s contraction of the virus.
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