Christian Sison
Host of Third Fridays
Christian Sison is a Partner at LOIS. Christian defends employers in New York workers’ compensation matters. He has extensive experience in trial advocacy, regularly appearing in the Garden City, Hauppauge, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Jamaica workers’ compensation courts. Christian is credited as starting the #DefendFromDay1 movement and provides in-person and web-based seminars for Firm clients. He is also the host and moderator of the monthly workers’ compensation podcast, Third Fridays, which premiered December 16, 2016.
Christian Sison has hosted 91 Episodes.
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Episode 31: Attorney Development Programs
September 20th, 2019 | 37 mins 11 secs
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Christian Sison is joined by his co-chair, Joseph Melchionne, of the 2019 Mock Trial Program at LOIS. The final event of the Program involved the recording of a podcast episode for 3 sets of finalists. The winning podcast involved Attorney Christopher Major and Paralegal Monica Shea. The 4-member panel go through an oral argument on appeal, answer some Mock Trial trivia questions, and give some feedback as to how the 2020 Program can continue to improve. The discussion emphasizes the broad Training Program at LOIS that is designed to provide maximum value to employers across the States of New York and New Jersey.
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Episode 30: Defending Mental Stress Claims in New York
August 16th, 2019 | 19 mins 45 secs
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Christian Sison welcomes attorney Declan Gourley back to the podcast to discuss mental stress claims under the New York Workers' Compensation law. The attorneys discuss the standard for causally-related and compensable stress in New York, strategies for defending the cases, and provide practical examples.
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Episode 29: Appellate Practice in New York Workers' Compensation Cases
July 19th, 2019 | 13 mins 34 secs
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Attorney Christian Sison welcomes Eric Kuperman and John McGordy of Printing House Press to discuss strategic, tactical, and practical aspects of filing appeals in worker's compensation cases before New York's 3rd Department.
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Episode 28: The Going-and-Coming Rule: Recent Case Developments
June 21st, 2019 | 14 mins 26 secs
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Attorney Christian Sison discusses recent case law developments relating to the "going and coming" defense of off-premises injuries before the New York Workers' Compensation Board.
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Episode 27: The Expedited Hearing in New York Cases
May 17th, 2019 | 31 mins 14 secs
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Host Christian Sison is joined by guest attorney Greg Lois to discuss challenges in defending controverted claims given the "rocket docket" calendar in New York Workers' Compensation proceedings.
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Episode 26: Defending Complex Employment Claims Involving Independent Contractors and Lent Employees
April 19th, 2019 | 29 mins 15 secs
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Host Christian Sison welcomes attorney Greg Lois to the Third Friday podcast to discuss problem issues in dual-employment claims, where lent or borrowed employees bring claims for worker's compensation benefits against two employers.
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Episode 25: Defending Construction Dual Jurisdiction Claims From Day One
March 15th, 2019 | 29 mins 58 secs
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Host Christian Sison welcomes his law partner attorney Tashia Rasul to the show in advance of her well-anticipated speaking engaged at the annual Claims and Litigation Management conference in Orlando. The two discuss the difference between reporting accident claims and reporting compensability decisions to the WCB. This was then applied to how LOIS specifically defends construction claims, with the help of Tashia’s Construction Practice Team.
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Episode 24: Board Panel Appeals Notes from the Field in New York
February 15th, 2019 | 21 mins 58 secs
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Host Christian Sison is joined by special guest Amy Figueroa and attorney Jeremy Janis for a wide-ranging discussion on the state of board panel appeals in New York.
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Episode 23: Medicare Set Asides
January 18th, 2019 | 20 mins 39 secs
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Attorney Declan Gourley joins host Christian Sison to discuss Medicare Set Asides in workers' compensation claims. The attorneys discuss an interesting issue arising from air ambulance services and fee schedules.
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Episode 22: LWEC Plus SLU: Evaluating Exposure in New York Workers' Compensation Cases
November 16th, 2018 | 27 mins 34 secs
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Back in July, Andrea Abudayeh joined Christian Sison on the podcast to discuss the game-changing court case Taher v. Yiota Taxi decided by the Appellate Division. Now that Judges have implemented the Taher concepts at the trial level for the past four months, did Andrea and Christian get it right with their predictions? The attorneys also discuss the news that Jamaica hearing point is now going virtual on December 1, 2018.
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Episode 21: Tactical and Practical Use of Independent Medical Exams in New York
October 19th, 2018 | 15 mins 56 secs
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Attorney Christian Sison and Attorney Joseph Melchionne discuss the practical and the tactical use of Independent Medical Evaluations (IMEs) in New York Workers' Compensation cases from a defense standpoint.
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Episode 20: Investigating Date of Contracture in New York
September 21st, 2018 | 22 mins 21 secs
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An interesting New York Board Panel Decision is discovered by Timothy Kane who joins host Christian Sison for his 2nd guest appearance on the podcast. Apportionment and date of contracture become ripe issues when an established occupational disease claim reaches permanency. Does the Board Panel Decision create guidance that could result in more accurate exposure analysis? Can this be used by carriers and self-insureds to close cases faster? Listen in to this discussion.