MDASR • Media Review “New employees injured at highest levels: Travelers” Jon Campisi | Business Insurance • August 5, 2024 The article by Jon Campisi in Business Insurance highlights a report indicating that employees in their first year on the job account for 35% of all workers' compensation claims from 2017 to 2021, making [...]
Case Study: Workers’ Compensation Win for Registered Nurse Client: Registered Nurse Background: A Registered Nurse from a local hospital hospice center hurt her neck and right arm after lifting a patient from their wheelchair while at work. Challenge: The main challenge in this workers' compensation case was demonstrating that the employee's injury occurred at [...]
MDASR • Media Review “Perspectives: Improving workers’ compensation claim outcomes through data-driven reviews” Dennis Tierney | Business Insurance • July 8, 2024 Dennis Tierney's recent article in Business Insurance emphasizes the impact of work-related injuries on both employees and employers, particularly the financial and operational consequences for the latter. He advocates for targeted claim [...]
Case Study: Workers’ Compensation Win for Cat Scan Technologist Client: Cat Scan Technologist Background: A Cat Scan Technologist from a local hospital hurt her face, head, bilateral knee and right hip after exiting an employee bus and slipping on the curb. Challenge: The main challenge in this workers' compensation case was demonstrating that the [...]
MDASR • Media Review“Workplace mental health linked to nurses quitting: Study”Jon Campisi | Business Insurance • June 4, 2024A recent article written by Jon Campisi in Business Insurance states that mental stress and burnout aremajor factors driving nurses to leave the healthcare profession.Key findings from the study, conducted by NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, [...]
MDASR • Media Review “N.Y. court reverses denial of 9/11-related claim” Jon Campisi | Business Insurance • April 30, 2024 In the latest article from Business Insurance, Jon Campisi highlights the 9/11 Workers’ Compensation case of Robert Liotta. The article discusses a decision by a New York appellate court to reverse the denial of [...]
Case Study: Workers’ Compensation Win for FDNY EMS Member Client: FDNY EMS Member Background: A FDNY EMS Member developed tennis elbow as a result of an occupational disease of her employment which forced her to retire. Challenge: The main challenge in this workers' compensation case the pension system refused to acknowledge that the injury [...]
Case Study: Workers’ Compensation Win for NYC Corrections Officer Client: NYC Corrections Officer Background: A NYC Corrections Officer hurt his head, right leg, right knee, and left wrist after breaking up an inmate fight. Challenge: The main challenge in this workers' compensation case was demonstrating that the employee's injury occurred at work and was [...]
MDASR • Media Review “Injured worker’s medical claim petition wrongly dismissed: Appeals court” Jon Campisi | Business Insurance • April 2024 In the latest article from Business Insurance, Jon Campisi highlights the intriguing case of Norman Rickley. This case brings to light the importance of "burden of proof" and how it impacts Workers' Compensation [...]
MDASR • Case Study Workers’ Compensation Win for American Airlines Pilot Client: American Airlines Pilot Background: A Pilot for American Airlines was on a layover for work when he was involved in a motor vehicle accident, injuring his left wrist, back, and both knees. Challenge: The insurance carrier stated that the pilot’s excursion was [...]