Adding to an increasingly positive legacy, outgoing NY Workers’ Comp Board Chairman Zachary S. Weiss has left injured workers a major tool to combat insurance company IME (independent medical... Continue Reading
I should have picked up the clues! A few weeks ago I was speaking at the New York Social Security Disability Bar Association Annual Dinner in Manhattan. This is always a great night for... Continue Reading
Last week the New York Daily News had an excellent story by Heidi Evans detailing the battle 9/11 responder Daniel Arrigo has gone through to obtain his workers’ compensation benefits. ... Continue Reading
Yada Yada Yada! The final installment of the NY Times series on the New York Workers’ Compensation system is much like the first installment – a regurgitation of anecdotal pablum w... Continue Reading
As you can tell from reading my post yesterday, I was not overly impressed by the first installment of the NY Times series on the Workers’ Compensation system in New York. I thought it ... Continue Reading
Today’s New York Times article on the NY Workers’ Compensation system is a major disappointment given that the paper spent 18 months preparing what is essentially an ext... Continue Reading
I’ll be giving my annual New York Workers’ Compensation Law lecture to the St. John’s Law School Labor Relations and Employment Law Society this Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 6:30 P... Continue Reading
I am humbled to have been selected a 2009 recipient of the Clara Lemlich Public Service Award from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Memorial Foundation for my work as Co-Chairman of the Ne... Continue Reading
The Lexis Nexis Workers’ Compensation Law Center Powered by Larson’s recently announced the 2008 honorees for the LexisNexis Top 25 Blogs for Workers’ Compensation. The New York Disability Law Bl... Continue Reading
At this festive time of year, when so many of us are struggling in economic despair, let us not forget all that we still have. In the spirit of the Christmas season, let us try to put aside our wo... Continue Reading