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New York Workers Compensation Attorneys Meeting 9/17/05

The partners and attorneys at Turley Redmond & Rosasco have a full plate of activities this weekend. First, Ronna Horwitz-Bard and I will travel to beautiful downtown Fishkill, New York for the... Continue Reading

Workers Compensation and Disability Claims on Labor Day?

Unfortunately, according to a new CNN poll, 42% of workers will be will be laboring on Labor Day – a traditional day of rest. Its a sad commentary on our “Winner Takes All” econom... 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

Workers Compensation Insurance Industry Scandal Keeps Growing

Employers may finally be waking up to the reality that workers compensation insurance companies ( not claimants or their lawyers ) are the real culprits in pushing up workers compensation premiums.... Continue Reading

New York Disability Lawyer Blog Vacation

I will be taking a break from the world of workers compensation and disability claims until August 1, 2005. My family and I are taking a learning vacation at Cornell’s Adult University. This ... Continue Reading

New York Workers Compensation Rates Increase by 5%

New York State Insurance Superintendent Howard Mills threw a bone to workers compensation insurance carriers in New York State by granting them a 5% rate increase last week. The workers compensatio... Continue Reading

Long Island Press Workers Compensation Cover Story

High Costs, Low Benefits: Why New York State has the Worst Workers Compensation in the Nation” is the front page story in the July 14, 2005 edition of the Long Island Press. Accompanying the ... Continue Reading

Pataki Signs 9/11 New York Disability Pension Law

In a significant win for the rescue and recovery heroes of 9/11 and New York’s municipal unions, last week Gov. George Pataki finally signed the 75% disability pension bill for workers who be... Continue Reading

Social Security Disability Lawyer Seminar 8/11/05

The Suffolk County Bar Association has invited me to present a Continuing Legal Education Seminar on Thursday, August 11, 2005, entitled “Malpractice Avoidance for Workers Compensation & ... Continue Reading

Workers Compensation for Victims of Highway Crash?

The fiery crash yesterday which killed three immigrant workers commuting in a dangerous 15 passenger van to a factory on Long Island raises interesting workers compensation legal issues. The worker... Continue Reading