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Jones Jones Partner Finds Success for Retail Client with Out-of-the-Box Strategies
Jones Jones is pleased to share the success of Partner and Retail Practice Lead Yvie Cherenfant, who recently secured a series of favorable settlements for a retail client through innovative, unconventional strategies. When Yvie was introduced to the client in late 2024, she immediately took a hands-on approach, requesting a full list of open… Read More »
Jones Jones Expands New Jersey Team with Workers’ Comp Industry Veteran
Jones Jones LLC is pleased to announce the addition of James Koblin to the New Jersey team. James will join Supervising Partner Christine Diana and Operations Partner and fourth generation Jones family attorney Kristina Jones among others in the New Jersey office. “I met James in the Jersey City Workers’ Compensation Court during my… Read More »
New Practices Areas and Service Offerings
Dear Valued Clients, As many of you know, Jones Jones has litigated workers’ compensation cases in the aviation and retail spaces for years. We have successfully settled a number of cases and secured positive outcomes in others in both sectors. As these types of cases continue to manifest, we recognized a need for established practices… Read More »
Update: Jones Jones Partner Joins Construction Team
Jones Jones LLC is pleased to announce that Partner Stacee Vaikness is joining the Jones Jones Construction Practice. The Practice spans both New York and New Jersey and is comprised of partners Rosanna Shamash, Dana Sabghir, and Katherine Caracappa. The team is supported by Kristina Jones and Christine Diana in New Jersey. A member… Read More »
Major Win Alert: Jones Jones Settles More than 20 Cases of Claimants with Multiple Claims for Aviation Client
Jones Jones LLC congratulates Supervising Partner Simeon Stamm and team on successfully closing more than 20 cases of claimants with multiple claims for one aviation client throughout 2024. Of the more than 20 claimants, at least 12 had more than five separate cases each. For example, one claimant had 31 claims, dating back to the… Read More »
Increase in Proposed Decisions from The Board
FROM THE DESK OF MANAGING PARTNER SARAH THOMAS Dear Valued Clients, Jones Jones is aware that with the most recent updates from the New York Workers’ Compensation Board (the Board), including new employee/employer identification guidance, new claim conciliation procedures for additional sites of injury and consequential injuries, and expanded desk reviews for Section… Read More »
Jones Jones Secures More Than $73,000 in Reimbursement for a Carrier as a Statutory Entitled Credit
Jones Jones LLC congratulates Associate Diane C Mandleur for securing a unanimous 2024 New York State Workers’ Compensation Board Panel Decision. This decision resulted in more than $73,000 in awards for the carrier in reimbursement from the Aggregate Trust Fund (ATF) following a 2022 classification of permanent disability in New York. This award comes… Read More »
NY Governor Signs Legislation Allowing New Yorkers to Apply for Workers’ Compensation for Extraordinary Work-Related Stress
New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed new legislation allowing any New York worker to file for workers’ compensation for specific types of mental injury connected to extraordinary work-related stress. Bill S.6635/A.5745 expands an existing law enacted in 2017 which allowed for only first responders facing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to file for such benefits…. Read More »
Major Win Alert: Jones Jones Associate Secures Disallowment in Assault Case
Jones Jones LLC congratulates Associate Kevin Moy and his team for successfully arguing before the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board that a controverted assault claim should be disallowed. In this 2023 case, the claimant alleged they were assaulted by their supervisor and injured their left shoulder. The claimant denied prior injuries, but received… Read More »
Major Win Alert: Jones Jones Associate Completes Successful Controverted Construction Case
Please join Jones Jones in congratulating Associate Kevin Moy and his team on their successful effort to disallow a controverted construction claim before the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board. In this case the claimant alleged they were working as a carpenter for the client’s insured when they injured their neck, back, right shoulder… Read More »
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