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According to Appellate Division, judges are in the best position to assess credibility and giving more weight to one expert’s opinion is not a basis to reverse a judgment.

The Appellate Division affirmed a workers’ compensation court order denying additional medical and temporary benefits to the petitioner. The petitioner slipped and fell on April 1, 2016, and a left knee injury was accepted as compensable. What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp

The claimant was in course of employment when she was injured from a fall while walking between a parking spot leased by her employer and employer’s building as the area was part of the employer’s premises.

In this case, the claimant slipped and fell on her walk into work from an employer-paid parking space while trying to avoid ice. The spot was in a public parking lot, located behind the employer’s building. What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp