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New York Workers' Compensation Handbook, 2009 Edition

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ISBN: 9781422471135
2009
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    Attorneys, claim adjusters, physicians, self-insured employers and vocational rehabilitation workers will all find New York Workers' Compensation Handbook a valuable tool for understanding New York workers' compensation issues. Written and organized by leading experts, New York Workers' Compensation Handbook brings clarity to this complex area of law by providing:

    Detailed analysis
    -- All relevant statutes and regulations
    -- Excellent recap of recent court decisions
    -- Comprehensive description of current practice and procedure
    -- Tables, charts, medical illustrations and reference directory
    -- In-depth index
    -- Extensive cross-references to Larson's Workers' Compensation, Desk Edition

    The 2009 Edition still finds the workers' compensation community in New York adjusting to the major substantive and procedural reforms enacted by the 2007 Workers' Compensation Reform Legislation on March 13, 2007.

    This edition covers the impact of the 2007 reforms on numerous aspects of workers' compensation law, including maximum benefit rates, caps on permanent partial disability awards, and the "rocket docket."


    REFERENCE DIRECTORY

    PART I. GUIDE TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS

  • Ch. 1 Overview of the Workers' Compensation System
  • Ch. 2 Workers' Compensation Insurance
  • Ch. 3 Covered Employment
  • Ch. 4 Employment Status
  • Ch. 5 Wage Loss and Death Benefits
  • Ch. 6 Medical Benefits
  • Ch. 7 Third-Party Actions and other Related Actions
  • Ch. 8 Fraud and Claims Handling
  • Ch. 9 Discrimination, Penalties, and Ancillary Remedies
  • Ch. 10 Preliminary Proceedings in a Workers' Compensation Case
  • Ch. 11 The Hearing Process
  • Ch. 12 Appeals
  • Ch. 13 Settlements
  • Ch. 14 Non-Compensation Benefits

    • PART II. CASE SUMMARIES WITH COMMENTARY

    PART III. STATUTES

    PART IV. RULES AND REGULATIONS

    PART V. TABLES AND CHARTS

    INDEX

     

    Ronald E. Weiss


    Ronald E. Weiss is a partner in the workers' compensation defense firm of Hamberger & Weiss, which has offices in Rochester and Buffalo, New York. He is managing partner of the Rochester office.

    Mr. Weiss graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. from Boston College in 1974 and earned his J.D. degree cum laude from Boston College Law School in 1977. He has specialized in workers' compensation defense on behalf of employers and carriers for 29 years, with an emphasis in Appellate practice.

    Mr. Weiss is a member of the New York State Bar Association Torts, Insurance and Compensation Division, and the Monroe County Bar Association. He and his firm are the New York State representatives of the National Workers' Compensation Defense Network, a nationwide network of law firms devoted to defending employers and insurers in workers' compensation matters. Mr. Weiss is also a professional member of the New York State Self-Insurers Association and the National Counsel of Self-Insureds.

    He has lectured extensively on workers' compensation topics for various industry, claims and bar groups and has been listed for over 10 years in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of workers' compensation.

    Ronald Balter


    Mr. Balter is an associate with the firm of Caruso, Spillane, Leighton, Contrastano, Ulaner & Savino, P.C. with offices in Manhattan and Staten Island. He is a 1980 graduate of the University at Buffalo. He received a B.A. in Political Science. He received his J.D. from New York Law School in 1983. He was admitted to the Bar of the State of New York in 1984 and has practiced before the Workers' Compensation Board since then almost exclusively representing injured workers.

    He is a founding member of the Injured Workers Bar Association. He is also a member of the New York State Bar Association. He served as chair of the State Bar's Tort, Insurance and Compensation Law Section's Workers' Compensation Division from 2004 until 2006. Mr. Balter has also served on the Board of Directors of the Society of New York Workers' Compensation Bar Association since 1988.

    In 2005 Mr. Balter was named the Workers' Compensation Attorney of the Year by the Institute for Jewish Humanities. More recently he was honored as the 2008 recipient of the Russell J. Gugino award by the University at Buffalo's Alumni Association for his continued support of the university's Athletic Department.

    Mr. Balter has presented Continuing Legal Education Seminars for the New York State Bar Association, the Injured Workers' Bar Association, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York as well as lecturing before various labor unions about workers' compensation.

     

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