We found 10 episodes of Third Fridays with the tag “defend from day one”.
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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.
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Episode 19: Review of Appeals in New York Workers' Compensation Cases
August 17th, 2018 | 22 mins 26 secs
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Attorney Jeremy Janis joins Christian Sison to discuss the "grey area" argument in a recent case involving traumatic injury in a New York workers' compensation case and the resulting appeal in light of the new scrutiny placed by the Board on cover sheets.
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Episode 18: The Impact of the Taher v. Yiota Taxis Decision
July 20th, 2018 | 14 mins 17 secs
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Andrea Abudayeh joins Christian Sison to discuss how the Taher decision impacts permanency cases involving established schedule and non-schedule sites. How can we best defend cases in a post-Taher world, and how are Judges applying this case going forward?
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Episode 17: Winning Trials Involving Lunchtime Accident - #DFD1
June 15th, 2018 | 30 mins 48 secs
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Christian Sison reveals a favorable Board Panel Decision and invites Joseph Melchionne to the podcast to analyze the case. Joseph, the trial attorney responsible for securing a key win for the firm’s client, recaps how all parties worked together to reach the common goal. Christian and Joseph detail the exact #DefendFromDay1 strategies that were used to maintain and reinforce the defense to compensability.
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Episode 16: Defend From Day One
May 18th, 2018 | 26 mins 45 secs
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Host Christian Sison comes to you live and without any guests for the first time in the show’s history. The topic is #DefendFromDay1, and the show focuses on how the movement began, how it can be currently implemented, and how we can use it for the future.
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Episode 15: State of the Virtual Hearing
April 20th, 2018 | 31 mins 13 secs
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"Virtual Hearings" have been a real thing in New York Workers’ Compensation for almost 6 months now. What works and what doesn’t work? Does it help or hurt employers and carriers? Host Christian Sison invites attorney Declan Gourley to the podcast for a brief discussion regarding their experiences with New York State’s interesting new technology.
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Episode 11: Scheduled Loss of Use Guidelines in New York
December 15th, 2017 | 27 mins 5 secs
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Host Christian Sison welcomes guest attorney Declan Gourley to this episode of Third Fridays to discuss the draft Schedule Loss of Use Guidelines coming into New York workers' compensation cases in January 2018. The attorneys discuss the first draft Guidelines issued in September 2017, the process whereby claimant's attorneys persuaded the Board to roll back the improvements, and the final draft version of the proposed Guidelines promulgated in November 2017. The attorneys discuss the likely impact of the draft Guidelines and what to do when they become effective in January 2018.