It’s Possible to Avoid Total Industrial Findings When Claimants Have a High Impairment Rating

Recent Board Panel decisions are providing guidance for employers to successfully avoid a total industrial finding when addressing Loss of Wage Earning Capacity. Indeed, there does not appear to be any basis under the law for an administrative law judge to find a total industrial disability. In Town of Fenton, Case Nos. G0501597, 90502069, G0087246, 2015 WL 7067972, at *6 (N.Y. Work. Comp. Bd. Nov. 5, 2015), the Board Panel noted “that the claimant’s request for a 100 percent loss of wage earning capacity …

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