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Workers’ Compensation Senate Roundtable Report

Workers’ Comp Alliance Co-Chairs John Sciortino recently advocated the position of injured workers at a well attended public Roundtable in Albany sponsored by State Senator George Maziarz. On... Continue Reading

Rosasco Response to Newsday Editorial on Workers’ Comp Reform

To the Editor: I know Newsday is one of Long Island’s major employers (owned by the Times-Tribune conglomerate), but I never thought its own corporate self interest would would infect its pos... Continue Reading

NY Workers’ Comp Alliance Position Paper 2006

NY WORKERSÄô COMPENSATION ALLIANCE (WCA) Position On Governor Pataki’s Proposed Changes To The WorkersÄô Compensation System Budget Bill Article VII A.9561/S.6461 The New York workersÄô co... Continue Reading

NY Court of Appeals on Workers Comp Carriers' Right to Offset Third Party Recovery

Big decision from the Court of Appeals on 2/16/05 that all New York Workers’ Compensation lawyers need to know about. In Brisson V. County of Onondoga, the Court held that New York employers ... Continue Reading

Workers Compensation Top Ten Tips – Tip # 3

Don’t Talk to the Insurance Company and Don’t Sign Authorizations! Within a few days of learning of your work related accident, the insurance company claims adjusters will pounce on you... Continue Reading

Workers Compensation Top Ten Tips – Tip #1

File a C-3 Form with the New York State Workers Compensation Board I wish I had a dollar for every client who told me: “I already filed my claim”, when in fact, the New York State Worke... Continue Reading

Murder Charged in Queens Workers Compensation Death Claim

A Long Island man was charged with criminally negligent homicide last week for the death of a co-worker on a Queens construction site. Both men were employees of an electrical contractor in Forest ... Continue Reading

Naughty Worker Has No Scaffold Claim

As recently reported in Matthew Lerner’s excellent New York Civil Law blog, the New York Court of Appeals recently decided that a worker who fails to use safety devices provided to him by his... Continue Reading