Back injuries make up roughly one in five injuries suffered in the workplace. Even worse, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that more than one million American workers incur back injuries every year. Fortunately, workers in New York who understand the basics of...
Back Injury
EMS workers are at risk for serious work-related injuries
Few people are aware of the on-the-job hazards faced by emergency medical services workers. Long hours can leave workers feeling depleted. The physical demands of the job can take a toll. While EMS workers can take some precautions, work-related injuries are sometimes...
BACK & NECK PAIN AND SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY (SSD)
BACK OR NECK PAIN AND YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY CASEFew medical problems are more painful and disabling than a disease or injury to your lumbosacral spine (BACK) or your cervical spine (NECK). Social Security Disability benefits are there for you if your back or...
HELP! SOCIAL SECURITY WANTS TO CUT MY DISABILITY BENEFITS!
Sometimes, the Social Security Disability Administration will try to cut your benefits under a "Continuing Disability Review," or "CDR." If this happens, all is far from lost. You can elect to fight a decision to cut your benefits. You can also elect to keep getting...
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION WIDOW’S BENEFITS IN A HIGHLY UNUSUAL CASE
In 1999 I won lifetime benefits for a dye and ink mixer named Jimmy Blackwell (not his real name) who had hurt his back in 1993. In 2017, Jimmy's wife visited me to report that he had died of pulmonary fibrosis. Jimmy hadn't worked in many decades, so I advised his...
ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR UNION LABORER
Three years ago, Tom Dooley (not his real name) had his life turned upside-down when he fell from a ladder, suffering multiple painful and debilitating injuries.A fellow union member happened to be one of my satisfied clients, and told Tom to call me at once. I...
Give Yourself a Fighting Chance To Hire the Right Workers’ Compensation Lawyer
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES:Give Yourself a Fighting Chance To Hire the Right Workers' Compensation LawyerYou're working hard, paying the rent and putting food on the table. You have plans: to put your kids through college, to take a vacation, to save for retirement. The...
YOU DESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS WHEN YOU ARE TOO DISABLED TO WORK
But what does it mean to be disabled? It's not enough that your doctor has stated you are disabled -- you must prove with medical evidence and your own statements that you cannot do "substantial gainful activity."Substantial gainful activity does not mean simply...
SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY – JUSTICE FOR THE DISABLED
What happens after you file a claim for Social Security Disability benefits and you are not immediately granted the benefits you deserve based on your doctor's reports?Sometimes, the Social Security Disability administration will send you to a medical...
ECONOMIC BOOM & JOBS=GREAT! JOB & CONSTRUCTION & SCAFFOLD SAFETY=BETTER!
NYC just saw its biggest economic boom in 70 years New York Post.urlEvery New Yorker should applaud our great economic, jobs, and construction boom. But we must also keep constant pressure on New York's employers, and on our politicians, to do everything in...