New York Disability Law Blog

Features news, information and support for those with long-term disability, Social Security disability and workers' compensation claims.

Author: Published by the New York-based Turley, Redmond & Rosasco, a disability law firm.

Blawg Related Categories: Benefits/ERISA • Disability Law • Labor & Employment • Workers Compensation

Recent Posts from New York Disability Law Blog

Judge Robert E. Beloten Appointed New York Workers Compensation Board Chairman
When I first started practicing workers' compensation law in the early 1990's at the Hempstead, NY hearing office, Robert (Bob) Beloten was one of the sitting Workers' Compensation Law Judges. In many ways, I was very "green"…
NY Independent Medical Examiners (IME's) and Fuctional Capacity Evaluators (FCE's) Subject to Medical Malpractice Lawsuits on Disability Claims
How many times has one of your clients told you the IME or FCE physically hurt them during the course of a so called "independent medical exam" or "functional capacity exam"? What if the injury is…
New Workers Compensation IME Rule May Stop Brokers from Altering Reports in New York
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 exam) fraud in NY. As I explained…
NY Workers Compensation Board Chairman to become Social Security Disability Judge
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 the Bench…
Ground Zero Worker Daniel Arrigo Waits for Workers' Comp - Rosasco Says Sadly Familiar in Workers' Comp Central Article
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. Here we are - nearly…
Winning LTD Claims at the Initial Application Level: Troy Rosasco to Lecture at NOSSCR Disabitlity Lawyer Conference in Washington DC
I will be speaking at the NOSSCR Disability Attorney Conference on May 13, 2009 in Washington, DC on the topic of: Winning Long Term Disability Claims at the Initial Level. As those of you who…
Third Installment of New York Times Article on Workers' Compensation is Weakest Yet
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 with quotes from disgruntled workers and employers. Again - a…
Second New York Times Article on Workers' Compensation Closer to the Mark
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 was…
New York Times Article on Workers' Comp System Disappoints
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 extended "human interest" story. The article is filled with anecdotal reports of…
Rosasco to Lecture on Workers' Compensation Claims at St. John's Law School
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 PM. My friend David L. Gregory,…