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Jones Jones LLC is pleased to announce that Partner David Secemski and Partner Stacee Vaikness have each recently secured favorable decisions before the New York State Third Department, thereby making positive case law for employers and carriers within the state. In Rodriguez v. American Bridge Company, (Matter of Rodriguez v American Bridge Co. (2023 NY… Read More »

In New York City Transit Authority v. American Transit Insurance Company, 2022 NY Slip Op 07508 (App. Div., 1st Dept. 2022), Jones Jones LLC Partner Jackie Mancino was successful in obtaining an Appellate Division decision reversing the lower court’s order that would have prevented Jones Jones LLC client, The New York City Transit Authority, from… Read More »

Jones Jones LLC Partner Rosanna Shamash won a Third Department decision in Juanita Jones v. New York City Transit Authority (https://decisions.courts.state.ny.us/ad3/Decisions/2022/534984.pdf). The underlying facts of this decision begin with a Law Judge’s determination that the claimant violated fraud Section 114-a by failing to disclose certain work activities.  Ultimately, the Law Judge sanctioned both mandatory and… Read More »

Jones Jones LLC Attorney Katie Caracappa presented successful arguments before the Third Department Court in New York State and secured a win for the self-insured employer in the decision of Molander v. New York City Transit Authority (534520.pdf (state.ny.us)).  Based on Attorney Caracappa’s arguments, the Court found that the claimant’s wage loss was unrelated to… Read More »