ALBANY – A bond broker who blamed the loss of his success on the trauma of narrowly escaping from the 84th floor of 2 World Trade Center during the Sept. 11 terrorist attack was fairly denied Workers’ Compensation disability benefits, a state court ruled.
A unanimous Appellate Division, Third Department, panel declined to overturn last year’s 7-6 determination by the Workers’ Compensation Board, which found that Robert Launer was not entitled to partial disability benefits retroactive to Jan. 1, 2007, and continuing into the future.
