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New Year, New Format for New York Disability Law Blog!

Welcome to the newly designed New York Disability Law Blog! As you will notice, I changed the official title of the blog from "The Disabled Worker Law Blog" to the more inform... Continue Reading

Merry Christmas from New York Disability Lawyer!

Well, my seven year old son didn’t get "an official Red Ryder carbine-action, 200-shot, range-model air rifle with a compass in the stock" this Christmas, but he now ... Continue Reading

Long Island Workers' Comp Lawyer Interviewed on NY Workers' Comp Reform

As Co-Chair of the New York Workers’ Compensation Alliance, I was interviewed for an article published Monday at the Workers’ Comp Central web site on the upcoming worke... Continue Reading

New York State Bar Association Workers' Comp Lawyer Seminar

Not another workers’ compensation attorney seminar? That’s what my understanding partners are asking! Yes – but when the prestigious New York State Bar Association ask... Continue Reading

Workers' Compensation Lawyer Lectures about Kelly Calculations at Suffolk County Bar Association

On Monday, November 13th, I will be lecturing at the Suffolk County Bar Association’s Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Committee on the always confusing subject of Workers’ Compensatio... Continue Reading

NY Attorney General Spitzer Fines Disability Claim Insurer UnumProvident

Need another reason to vote for Eliot Spitzer for New York Governor tomorrow? This guy just keeps on working for the little guy (including one of my corporate executive clients receiving over $400... Continue Reading

Federal Judge Clears Way for 9/11 Ground Zero / WTC Lawsuits

In a huge victory for Ground Zero workers, federal judge Alvin Hellerstein issued a 99 page ruling yesterday giving these heroes the opportunity to sue the City of New York, private contractors and... Continue Reading

NEW 9/11 Workers' Comp Benefits Fact Sheet Available

Our good friends at the New York Committee for Occupational Health (NYCOSH) recently put out an excellent fact sheet on the new 9/11 workers’ compensation benefits for rescue workers and firs... Continue Reading

Remembering 9/11: Largest Workers' Compensation Disaster in History

At 8:46 am five years ago today, a terrorist hijacked plane crashed into New York’s World Trade Center, setting off the worst workplace disaster in the history of America’s w... Continue Reading

Governor Pataki Signs New York 9/11 Workers' Comp Bill

After a long struggle and much legislative effort by the New York Workers’ Compensation Alliance and the New York State AFL-CIO, Governor Pataki signed the 9/11 Rescue and First Responders Wo... Continue Reading