The top court was not persuaded by the plaintiff's argument that the case did not qualify for workers' compensation due to the absence of a "nexus" between the victim's injuries and the person who caused them. Pictured above is the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital where the shooting took place. (Credit: Wikimedia)
A multijurisdictional matter involving a doctor's injuries from a mass shooting at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital in 2017 was resolved by New York's top court on Thursday, with the seven jurists in accord in remanding the matter to the state workers' compensation board.
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Brian Lee
Brian Lee is an Albany-based litigation reporter for the New York Law Journal. He has worked at daily newspapers in Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey. He can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @bleereporter
