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Airline Employees & COVID-19: Do Employees Have a Claim for Workers’ Compensation in NY and NJ?
As coronavirus spreads throughout the country, the impact the virus will have on the workers’ compensation industry will continue to be studied. A vast array of industries have workers categorized as “essential.” Will these essential workers eventually have a path towards an established workers compensation claim? As it currently stands in New York and New… Read More »
New Jersey Medical Provider Claims: What You Need to Know
What are medical provider claims? Medical provider claims are contractual disputes brought by medical providers, and medical facilities. They often arise from extraterritorial workers’ compensation claims where a claimant has some type of treatment in New Jersey. New Jersey does not have a fee schedule for medical services under its workers’ compensation structure it uses… Read More »
During COVID-19 Federal Protection May Remove the Need to Supply Temporary Disability Benefits
On March 18, 2020, President Donald Trump signed into the law the Family First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). Under this law, there are two components to temporarily expand benefits to workers affected by COVID-19, the Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSLA) and the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (EFMLEA). The Acts became effective on… Read More »
Post-Taher: Best Practices for SLU and non-SLU Claims In New York
As we know in 2018, the Third Department issued a decision in Taher v. Yiota Taxi which was considered a fairly significant decision. That ruling opened the door for claimants with an injury to an extremity as well as a non-schedulable body part (generally neck and/or back) to secure a schedule loss of use award… Read More »
