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Major Win Alert: Partner Jackie Mancino wins Appeal allowing for Enforcement of $25K Loss Transfer Award
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 »
Major Win Alert: Jones Jones LLC Partner Rosanna Shamash Wins Important Third Department Decision
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 »
Major Win Alert: Third Department Win by Attorney Caracappa saves over 100K for client
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 »
Workers’ Compensation Legislative Changes in New York State as published in the New York Law Journal
New York state workers’ compensation law is in a time of unprecedented change. Our Managing Partner Sarah Thomas shares her views in the New York Law Journal on several of the proposed changes that may well have a deleterious effect on many industries operating within the state.
