The New York Disability Law Blog: Disability Law

Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Disability Law Blogs

OR PHONE (866) 635-1838 for Bankruptcy Help, (866) 635-6190 for Divorce,
(866) 635-2689 for Personal Injury or (866) 635-9402 for Criminal Defense

Find a Local Lawyer

Bankruptcy (866) 635-1838
Divorce (866) 635-6190
Personal Injury (866) 635-2689
Criminal Defense (866) 635-9402

Disability Law

The New York Disability Law Blog

Information, help and support for disabled individuals with long term disability, social security disability and workers' compensation claims.
By Turley, Redmond & Rosasco, LLP

Post Frequency: 0.8/day

Last Entry: June 11, 2013 at 22:17:36

9/11 Zadroga Lawyers Salute Final Cancer Rule

Posted on September 10, 2012
You can read more details on the 9/11 WTC Cancer Final Rule at the Zadroga Claims Info site here

Charles Lane Needs a Tutorial on Social Security Disability!

Posted on August 14, 2012
Poor Charles Lane! The conservative Washington Post columnist's recent Op-Ed Column on Social Security Disability policy has been getting shredded in both print and on the Internet. This column is almost as bad as his tasteless column he wrote invoking his own imagined words for a victim of a horrendous shooting still in a coma - then Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords...

Charles Lane Needs a Tutorial on Social Security Disability!

New Fibromyalgia Disability Ruling from Social Security - SSR 12-2p

Posted on July 24, 2012
Social Security is scheduled to release it's long awaited Fibromyalgia Ruling, SSR 12-2p tomorrow, July 25, 2012. Click here for a PDF version the full Social Security Disability Fibromyalgia Ruling. Social Security has been awarding disability benefits for individuals with fibromyalgia for many years...

To access this complete feed in the blog feed reader login or register for free.

New Fibromyalgia Disability Ruling from Social Security ? SSR 12-2p

Posted on July 24, 2012
Social Security is scheduled to release it's long awaited Fibromyalgia Ruling, SSR 12-2p tomorrow, July 25, 2012. Click here for a PDF version the full Social Security Disability Fibromyalgia Ruling. Until now, Social Security Disability lawyers frequently took general guidance from Social Security Ruling 99-2p Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) which was issued in 1999...

Judge Sol Wieselthier - Protector of the Disabled

Posted on July 03, 2012
The Hon. Sol A. Wieselthier, a long time Social Security Disability Administrative Law Judge in the Queens, NY Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, passed away over the weekend. He was 84 and worked until shortly before his death...

Judge Sol Wieselthier ? Protector of the Disabled

Dewey Defeats Truman - ObamaCare Upheld !

Posted on June 28, 2012
Who would have thunk it?! Not one talking head "legal scholar" on CNN, Fox, CBS, NBC, ABC etc. predicted that Conservative Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, appointed by President George W. Bush, would save President Obama's signature piece of legislation...

Dewey Defeats Truman ? ObamaCare Upheld !

Posted on June 28, 2012
In any case, the full Supreme Court ObamaCare decision is here. We will report more on how the Affordable Care Act may impact on Social Security disability recipients who are covered by Medicare in another post soon.

New York Disability Lawyers Launch New Educational Social Security Web Site

Posted on June 14, 2012
Turley, Redmond, Rosasco & Rosasco, LLP, one of New York's leading Social Security Disability law firms, has launched a new web site with over 80 pages of helpful educational information for Social Security Disability claimants, medical providers and support organizations...

New York Disability Lawyers Launch New Educational Social Security Web Site

Posted on June 14, 2012
We hope that this web site will become the "go to" web site for New York residents who are interested in leaning about Social Security disability benefits. Health care organizations should feel free to link to our site as a helpful Social Security resource.

9/11 WTC Cancer Claimants Share Uplifting Stories

Posted on June 11, 2012
Given the announcement last Friday that close to 50 cancers would now be eligible medical conditions under the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, today was a busy day in the office speaking with cancer survivors and their families. Despite speaking with so many today impacted by 9/11 WTC related cancers, I am not at all depressed...

9/11 WTC Cancer Claimants Share Uplifting Stories

Posted on June 11, 2012
At the end of the day, after completing all the mundane yet necessary parts of an active 9/11 claim law practice, encouraging stories like those shared today keep us going. Thank you to all the 9/11 cancer survivors who called and shared your extraordinary stories...

Zadroga 9-11 Act to Cover Cancers

Posted on June 08, 2012
In a groundbreaking ruling today, Dr. John Howard and NIOSH have proposed to cover multiple cancers for 9-11 responders and survivors under the James Zadroga Act. See the actual proposed Zadroga Act Cancer rule here. See a Summary of which cancers will be covered under the Zadroga Act here...

Zadroga 9-11 Act to Cover Cancers

Posted on June 08, 2012
I have long advocated for this cancer coverage and testified before Dr. Howard at public hearings urging this exact outcome. Many others did the same and more. Today is a great victory for all the 9-11 responders and survivors fighting cancer today...

Troy G. Rosasco Off to NOSSCR National Disability Lawyer Conference in Philly

Posted on April 30, 2012
I'm driving down to one of my favorite cities, Philadelphia (The City of Brotherly Love and Rocky), tomorrow for the Spring NOSSCR Social Security Disability Lawyer Conference. As I have done in the past, I'll be presenting a lecture to "New Practitioners" in the Social Security Disability Law field...

William Turley and Craig Rosasco Attend Workers' Memorial Mass

Posted on April 30, 2012
In honor of Workers' Memorial Day on April 28, 2012, William J. Turley, Managing Workers' Compensation Partner in our Ronkonkoma, Suffolk County office, and Craig E. Rosasco, Managing Workers' Compensation Partner in our Nassau County office attended the Workers' Memorial Mass tonight at St...

Troy G. Rosasco Off to NOSSCR National Disability Lawyer Conference in Philly

Posted on April 30, 2012
As I have done in the past, I'll be presenting a lecture to "New Practitioners" in the Social Security Disability Law field. I have always believed that in order to be able to teach a subject, you must know it cold. It is no different with Social Security Disability Law, and teaching new Social Security Lawyers is both challenging and invigorating.

William Turley and Craig Rosasco Attend Workers? Memorial Mass

Posted on April 30, 2012
William J. Turley, Managing Workers' Compensation Partner in our Ronkonkoma, Suffolk County office, andCraig E. Rosasco, Managing Workers' Compensation Partner in our Nassau County office attended the Workers' Memorial Mass tonight at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Bay Shore.

WTC Scientific Committee Votes 8-7 to Exclude Prostate Cancer from Zadroga Act

Posted on March 28, 2012
After much discussion, and by a razor thin margin, the WTC STAC Committee voted 8-7 at their meeting today (3/28/12) to exclude prostate cancer from the list of 9/11 related illnesses they will recommend be included under the Zadroga Act in their upcoming report to NIOSH Director John Howard, MD...

WTC Scientific Committee Votes 8-7 to Exclude Prostate Cancer from Zadroga Act

Posted on March 28, 2012
WTC STAC Committee voted at their meeting today (3/28/12) to exclude prostate cancer from the list of 9/11 related illnesses they will reccommend be included under the Zadroga Act

Zadroga Act Closer to Accepting WTC Cancer Coverage

Posted on March 27, 2012
There is a big public meeting tomorrow, March 28, 2012 of the 9/11 WTC Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC). It is hoped that they will strongly support their initial draft report to NIOSH Director, John Howard, MD, which recommends inclusion of cancer among those illnesses covered under the Zadroga Act...

Types of WTC Cancers Soon to be Covered by 9/11 Zadroga Victim Compensation Fund?

Posted on February 20, 2012
See my complete, hopeful prediction on which WTC cancers should be covered by the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund at the Zadroga Claims Info website here...

Social Security Disability Lawyer Bootcamp Seminar April 18, 2012

Posted on February 14, 2012
The last "boot camp" I attended was for eight long, hot summer weeks in 1981 when I was in the Air Force...

Happy Holidays 2011 from your New York Disability Lawyers

Posted on December 23, 2011
On behalf of all the attorneys and staff at the Disability Claim Law Firm of Turley, Redmond Rosasco & Rosasco, LLP, we wish you and your families Happy Holidays and a Healthy New Year! "God Bless Us, Everyone!"

Wall Street Journal on Social Security Disability System Review of ALJ Awards and New Surprise ALJ Policy

Posted on December 15, 2011
Are Social Security Disability Judges awarding too many or too few disability claims? According to an article on the Social Security disability system by Damian Paletta in the Wall Street Journal today, that will be the subject of an independent review of the federal disability system by the Administrative Conference of the United States focusing on the work of Social Security Administrative Law Judges (ALJ's)...

Zadroga 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Lawyers Announce Final Step in Claims Process

Posted on December 06, 2011
Troy Rosasco, a Partner at Turley, Redmond, Rosasco & Rosasco, LLP, has announced that as of December 5, 2011, the actual Zadroga Act Victim Compensation Fund 'Compensation Claim Form' is now available online for those who were sickened or physically injured as the result of being exposed to airborne toxins from the Ground Zero site after the September 11, 2001 attacks...

Wall Street Journal on Social Security Disability Doctor Problems

Posted on November 21, 2011
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article today on doctors working for the Social Security Administration (SSA) evaluating disability claims...

Big Day in New York Workers' Compensation Law! Court of Appeals Decides Aggregate Trust Fund Deposit Case of Raynor v. Landmark Chrysler in Ruling Against Insurance Carriers

Posted on November 15, 2011
It is the most important New York workers' comp legal decision since the the legislature passed the sweeping New York Workers' Compensation Reforms of March 2007. Today, in Raynor v. Landmark Chrysler, the New York State Court of Appeals affirmed a lower appellate court ruling upholding provisions requiring private workers' compensation insurance carriers to make mandatory Aggregate Trust Fund (ATF) deposits for claimants classified as permanently partially disabled (PPD) and injured both before and after March 13, 2007...

9/11 Zadroga Victim Compensation Fund Open for New Claims as of 10/31/2011

Posted on November 01, 2011
Yesterday, September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Special Master Sheila Birnbaum reopened the Fund for new claims. Claimants can now file for "eligibility" determinations online. To her credit, Ms. Birnbaum appears to be running a tight ship and is rolling out this complex compensation program in a timely and understandable way...

Previous | Next

Related Law Bulletins

Claim for Concealment of Value of Marital Assets Dismissed in New York
Once a divorce case is settled, parties often experience â��buyerâ...

Pre-Nuptial Agreements: New York Tolls the Statute of Limitations
The New York legislature has passed a law that clears up what had ...

Medical Malpractice - Why Is Your New York Doctor Afraid To Treat You?
I was in the emergency room with my son one evening, and the emerg...

Another Fatal Accident on the New York Bronx River Parkway
November 2007 has been a treacherous month on the Bronx River Park...

New York City Car Crash Kills Woman Who Survived 9/11
Florence Cioffi, a woman who survived 9/11 and was just days from ...