by Melissa Day | Dec 17, 2018 | MAD News, NYS Workers Compensation
On November 23, 2018, Clarissa M. Rodriguez, Chair of the WCB issued Subject 046-1119, https://getmad.today/wp-contentwww.wcb.ny.gov/content/main/SubjectNos/sn046_1119.jsp, touting the Board’s dubious accomplishment in having reduced the appeals inventory to 3,297...
by Melissa Day | Dec 17, 2018 | I'm MAD, MAD News, NYS Workers Compensation
The New York State Workers Compensation Board issued updated Workers Compensation Guidelines for Determining Impairment on November 22, 2017. The Board also issued Schedule Loss of Use Frequently Asked Questions on 10/04/18 which can be found on the NYS Workers...
by Melissa Day | May 25, 2018 | MAD News, NYS Workers Compensation
On May 23, 2018 in the published New York State Register, the Workers’ Compensation Board submitted proposed changes to Section 302-1.6 of 12 NYCRR in an effort to try and expand its legal internship program. The purpose of these changes is to allow for a more...
by Melissa Day | May 25, 2018 | MAD News, NYS Workers Compensation
Justice delayed is not always justice denied; and waiting can make it more satisfying than you might imagine. The Law Offices of Melissa Day won a reversal of the Board before the Appellate Division, Third Department on March 28, 2018 in Matter of Yonkosky v. Town of...
by Melissa Day | May 23, 2018 | MAD News, NYS Workers Compensation
Here are some questions that were answered, and some that were not, during the Board’s presentation on the new SLU Guidelines. Question: Please clarify – should claimant’s attorneys and carriers provide both of the new C-4.3 forms to doctors to avoid an appearance...
by Melissa Day | May 23, 2018 | MAD News, NYS Workers Compensation
Plaintiffs in the American Economy Insurance Company case have filed a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari in the United States Supreme Court. The petition is the mechanism by which plaintiffs request Supreme Court review of the Court of Appeals’ decision finding that...
by Melissa Day | Mar 31, 2018 | I'm MAD, NYS Workers Compensation
I am so tired of seeing claimants get schedule loss of use awards. They do not represent lost time. They are windfalls. I am in the process of drafting a stipulation for a woman who is going to get $15,000 when she had no lost time from work. It’s a gift to her. I...
by Melissa Day | Mar 31, 2018 | MAD News, NYS Workers Compensation
Rick Costner, Sr. honors the life of his 18 year old son and co-worker, Ricky Costner Jr., after he was murdered in front of him at work by creating and raising funds for the Ricky Costner Jr. College Scholarship Fund I have had the pleasure of attending a benefit at...
