Some employers, including the State of New York, will advance a disabled employee sick or vacation pay while they are out of work for a work related condition or injury.  This is done either voluntarily or in compliance with a collective bargaining agreement. If you have been injured at work and have received vacation or […]

Having practiced Workers’ Compensation Law in New York State for more than 19 years, I have dealt with hundreds of physicians and chiropractors along the way.  Understanding the Workers’ Compensation Law is the job of an attorney, not a doctor but some basic principals should be implemented by all physicians who encounter Workers’ Compensation cases.  […]

Section 14(5) of the New York State Workers’ Compensation Law offers special protection to injured workers under the age of 25. The special protection allows the workers’ actual earnings to be increased due to the potential that the worker would have had increased future earnings. In theory, someone under the age of 25 has likely […]

With the implementation of the Medical Treatment Guidelines in New York State Workers’ Compensation cases, on going chiropractic care has been extremely difficult to secure.  Once the chiropractor has exhausted the number of visits allowed by the Guidelines, a variance must be requested. It has been my experience that almost all of the variances requested […]