Most people understand the basics of workers’ compensation: if a worker gets hurt on the job, their employer is responsible for providing workers’ compensation insurance to cover any costs related to the injury. However, workers’ compensation is slightly more complex. Here are 5 things you need to know about workers’ compensation insurance and its system:…
DetailsHelbock Nappa & Gallucci, LLP, the attorneys for a worker’s compensation claimant who was injured while working for the New York City Transit Authority, successfully argued at the NYS Workers Compensation Board that the claimant in this matter is entitled to receive reimbursement for the tolls expended going back and forth to his doctors. The…
DetailsIn its decision on 8/15/2016, the NYS Workers Compensation Board upheld the ruling of the trial judge in St Jerome Health Services Corp finding that the claimant who was working at 2 jobs at the time she was injured, could be paid workers compensation benefits during the time that she was only able to return…
DetailsThe Workers Compensation Board issued a favorable decision on the appeal filed by Helbock Nappa & Gallucci on behalf their client who was found to have a permanent partial disability. The 42 year old claimant was a construction worker who suffered from a work related pulmonary condition and back injury. The trial judge previously ruled…
DetailsHelbock Nappa & Gallucci, LLP, announced a favorable ruling on behalf of one of its local architectural clients. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York issued the ruling in the Matter of Willis Avenue Development LLC v. Block 3400 Contraction Corp et al on September 14, 2016. This case stems from the…
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