Legal Opinion
Claim of Coyle v. Midwest Steel
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 22, 2011PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMalone Jr., J.
Claimant, an ironworker, sustained a work-related injury to his left knee in 1998 and was awarded workers’ compensation benefits. Ultimately, claimant underwent multiple knee and hip replacement surgeries, and consequential compensable injuries to his back and right hip were established. Claimant returned to light-duty work as a shop steward in June 2009, but that job was eliminated in August 2009. At that time, claimant was offered a full-duty position as an ironworker, but he felt that he could not accept the position due to his medical restrictions, so *1359he retired. The payment of workers’…
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