Buffalo Business First Leadership Trust is an Invitation-Only Community for Top Business Decision Makers in the Buffalo Niagara area. Amherst, New York, July 29, 2019 — Melissa A. Day, Owner and Managing Attorney of The Law Offices of Melissa A. Day, PLLC, has been invited to join Buffalo Business First Leadership Trust, an exclusive… Read More
In Stone v. Saulsbury/Federal Signal, the carrier argued that upon the claimant’s release from prison following conviction of unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine that the claimant violated WCL §114 – a by failing to report his illegal work activities. The judge found insufficient evidence to establish that the claimant performed any work or made any false… Read More
Amendments to law in 2017, which relieved a PPD claimant from demonstrating LMA after classification are retroactive if the employee is found attached at the time permanency is established, applies retroactively to a claimant classified with a PPD prior to the amendment if the claimant involuntarily withdrew from the labor market (i.e. – retired due… Read More
On November 23, 2018, Clarissa M. Rodriguez, Chair of the WCB issued Subject 046-1119, http://www.wcb.ny.gov/content/main/SubjectNos/sn046_1119.jsp, touting the Board’s dubious accomplishment in having reduced the appeals inventory to 3,297 applications awaiting a determination and brandishing a statistic that 92% were decided in less than 6 months. In my opinion, and I believe many practitioners would agree… Read More
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 that they are suggesting a permanency outcome to the medical provider? Answer:… Read More