A worker injured when he fell from a ladder is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits despite the fact he was intoxicated at the time of the accident.
An appellate court in New York has upheld a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board in favor of an injured employee of an electrical contractor company because intoxication was not the sole cause of the accident.
The Supreme Court, Appellate Division (Third Judicial Department) noted that the state’s Workers’ Compensation Law provides a presumption of compensability for “disability or death from injury arising out of and in the