Workers’ Compensation Links and Resources
Survivor Battles NYS Workers Compensation Board
Injured workers must be protected
March 25, 2016 – José Valerio was earning a decent wage in New York City working as a welder for 10 years before an accident in 2014 left him with severe third-degree burns to his hand. The injury later developed into Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy…
Oklahoma Commission Declares Workers’ Comp Alternative Unconstitutional
An Oklahoma law that lets employers opt out of state-regulated workers’ compensation has been rejected and declared unconstitutional by state regulators. The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission called the alternative workplace-benefit plans…
State Pressed to Re-open Hornell Workers’ Comp Hearing Site
A Maple City attorney is denouncing the state’s decision to close the workers’ compensation hearing site in Hornell, and he is asking Gov. Andrew Cuomo for a personal meeting to press for a reversal of that closure. Hornell Mayor Shawn Hogan, also…
New Hope For Those With Meniscus Injuries
For the first time in the U.S., surgeons at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center have implanted a plastic device designed to help patients with persistent knee pain due to injured or deteriorating meniscus cartilage. The meniscus is a…
The Demolition of Workers’ Compensation
Very interesting article that was discussed on NPR in detail recently. – Kate Kirsch Esq. Dennis Whedbee’s crew was rushing to prepare an oil well for pumping on the Sweet Grass Woman lease site, a speck of dusty plains rich with crude in Mandaree,…
Social Security Announces New Fraud Prevention Unit In New York
March. 31, 2014 – Today, Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, announced the establishment of a centralized fraud prevention unit in New York City to identify potential fraud and detect fraud trends that can be applied to…