Where worker was not trained in the line of work performed as an independent contractor and only engaged in providing those services to one client, the UCBR did not err in concluding that worker was not customarily engaged in an independent trade or business and therefore not ineligible for unemployment compensation benefits. Order of the UCBR affirmed.

Appellate Division, First Department:November 5, 2020

This appeal arose from a suit filed by appellants against Helena Chemical Company for damages allegedly caused to their cotton crops by drift from the aerial application of Sendero, an herbicide that contains clopyralid and aminopyralid, which is toxic to broadleaf plants such as cotton.

Appellate Division, Second Department:October 28, 2020

Insurer was obligated to advance costs pertaining to insured's defense to counterclaims in an arbitration proceeding, because those counterclaims were within the scope of the policy.