NY Court of Appeals on Workers Comp Carriers' Right to Offset Third Party Recovery

Big decision from the Court of Appeals on 2/16/05 that all New York Workers’ Compensation lawyers need to know about. In Brisson V. County of Onondoga, the Court held that New York employers and insurance carriers must expressly reserve their rights to offset a third part recovery – or lose them. Read about it here at Matt Lerner’s Civil Law Blog.