Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Won For Injured New Yorkers
Have you experienced an illness or adverse medical condition that is directly related to your job? If so, you may have what the New York Workers’ Compensation Board refers to as an “occupational disease,” which is different than a work-related injury that is sustained...
If you work in the manufacturing industry, you may have heard about the various products on the market that are designed to promote safety in the workplace, for example, wearable devices, some of which come in the form of vests and belt clips. These wearable safety...
Were you injured on the job? Or, have you developed an occupational disease? If so, there’s a strong possibility that you are covered under workers’ compensation. What exactly is workers’ compensation? Workers’ compensation is a type of insurance that was developed to...
ELMIRA, NY – On Dec. 22, 2015, New York State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott announced the arrest of an Elmira bartender for his role in workers’ compensation fraud. J. Hooks, Jr., 56, of Elmira, is now facing multiple criminal charges, including grand...
Were you recently injured at work? If so, you should be eligible to file a workers’ compensation claim. In New York, workers’ compensation pays cash benefits and medical care for workers who were injured or became ill as a result of their job. Your employer pays for...
After the 9/11 tragedy, a single mother of three, D. DiGiacomo was diagnosed with cancer. Shockingly, a state judge denied the workers’ compensation claim brought by the former-ASPCA worker who is dying from cancer caused by her animal rescue efforts on 9/11....
On April 6, 2015, C. Moncayo, 22, a laborer from Queens, was making a living as he worked on the construction of a Restoration Hardware store located at 19 Ninth Avenue in Manhattan. Instead of bringing home a paycheck, he died when a 14-foot-deep trench collapsed on...
On Oct. 14, 2015, Governor Andrew W. Cuomo announced several measures to support the Task Force to Combat Worker Exploitation. The task force has $700,000 for educating workers and employers, for data collection and prosecution, and to put towards compliance efforts....
The 51-year-old laborer was working for Brooklyn-based J&M Metro General Contracting Corp. raking freshly poured concreate at the unprotected edge of a building under construction on the 6th floor before the fatal fall. Upon inspection, the U.S. Department of...
Employers are aware that workers’ compensation premiums rise fast as their organizations grow – the more employees a company has, the higher the premiums. With a company that is scaling quickly, the result can be a significant and unexpected expense by years end. In...
