Legal Opinion

Claim of Villalobos v. RNC Industries LLC

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 1, 2017No. 524170PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McCarthy, J.P.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed February 8, 2016, which ruled, among other things, that claimant sustained a 40% loss of wage-earning capacity.

In 2012, claimant, a laborer, fell from a ladder and sustained a compensable work-related injury to his head, neck and back. Claimant returned to work only briefly. Thereafter, a permanency hearing was held, at which the issue of attachment to the labor market was raised. In a decision filed February 12, 2015, a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge (hereinafter WCLJ) ruled, among other things, that claimant…

2Cases cited6 opinions

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