Legal Opinion
Browne v. Medford Multicare
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 3, 2011PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mercure, J.E
Claimant, a certified nurse’s aide, suffered injuries when she fell at work. Thereafter, she successfully applied for workers’ compensation benefits. After she rejected the employer’s offers to place her in a light-duty assignment, the employer and its workers’ compensation carrier (hereinafter collectively referred to as the employer) asserted that she had voluntarily withdrawn from the labor market. The Workers’ Compensation Board agreed and held that claimant had no compensable lost time following the employer’s last offer of light-duty work, prompting this appeal.
We affirm.…
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