Matter of Bailey v Caledonia Mumford Cent. Sch. Dist.

Holding The court affirmed the denial of workers’ compensation benefits because the claimant failed to provide timely written notice of her injury to the employer. The Board’s determination that the employer was prejudiced by the delay and lacked adequate knowledge of the work-related injury was supported by the record.

The court’s words

claimant telling a coworker about the stuck door was "not . . . sufficient to meet the statutory requirements" of notice to the employer

2026 NY Slip Op 06598, at the official text

the employer lacked adequate knowledge of a work-related injury absent that notice

2026 NY Slip Op 06598, at the official text

claimant's delay in seeking medical attention and reporting the incident called "the veracity of the claim into question and prevented the [employer] from securing a contemporaneous medical opinion"

2026 NY Slip Op 06598, at the official text