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Did AIG Cheat New York Workers Compensation Board?

On April 26, 2005, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced an investigation of alleged improper booking of workers compensation premiums at insurance giant American International Group (A... Continue Reading

Suffolk Police Officers Honored for Bravery

Suffolk County is lucky to have some of the bravest police officers in the New York area. Last weekend, Bill Turley and a group of attorneys from our firm attended the Suffolk County Police Benevol... Continue Reading

Spitzer Meets with Workers Compensation Alliance

On April 6, 2005, New York State Attorney General (and candidate for Governor) Eliot Spitzer met with the Workers Compensation Alliance in Albany to discuss problems injured workers have with the c... Continue Reading

Representing Your First Workers Compensation Client

I will be presenting a Continuing Legal Education Seminar entitled “Representing Your First Workers Compensation Client” on Saturday, April 16, 2005 at my Alma Mater, St. John’s U... Continue Reading

Suburban Sweatshops

Suburban Sweatshops is an important new book by Jennifer Gordon documenting the appalling working conditions of immigrants in our modern day suburbia. We had the pleasure of attending a book signin... Continue Reading

Attorney General Spitzer Protects Disabled Workers

For those who needed more convincing that New York State Attorney General Elliot Spitzer is a friend of disabled workers, here is another example of his willingness to prosecute the powerful who pr... Continue Reading

Suicide & Workers Compensation

Yesterday, we received a call about our workers compensation client who was struggling with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (also known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy) and depression. He shot himse... 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

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Memorial Dinner 3/24/05

When I was studying at Cornell School of Industrial & Labor Relations, one of the most riveting events we studied was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. In short, on March 25, 1911, a raging... Continue Reading