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City lawyers say you're too late after years of Manhattan dust

A Manhattan project manager got diagnosed with silicosis after years around concrete and stone dust, and now the city side is saying the claim came in too late.

ARTICLE by Frank DeLuca

What happens when someone breathes asbestos for years and their lungs start hardening? That disease is asbestosis: a chronic lung condition caused by inhaling asbestos fibers,...

I reported the fumes, got sent back to work, and now the truck data is about to disappear

A Manhattan nursing home attendant with delayed lung symptoms may still prove the exposure came from work, but the trucking company's electronic data can vanish fast.

ARTICLE by Keisha Williams

A toxic tort is a legal claim for harm caused by exposure to a dangerous substance, such as chemicals, asbestos, mold, contaminated water, pesticides, or industrial fumes....

benzene exposure

Contact with benzene by breathing it, swallowing it, or absorbing it through the skin. Benzene is a colorless, highly flammable chemical found in crude oil, gasoline,...

People often mix up mesothelioma and asbestosis, but they are not the same. Mesothelioma is a rare, aggressive cancer that forms in the mesothelium, the thin lining around...

Insurance companies and defense lawyers often bring this up to argue that a sickness showed up too long after an exposure to be connected, or that the person should have known...

PFAS contamination

Like grease that won't wash out of a pan, PFAS can stick around long after the original spill, use, or discharge is over. PFAS contamination means the presence of per- and...

How do doctors or investigators tell whether a chemical actually got into someone's body? Biomonitoring is the measurement of chemicals, their breakdown products, or other...

occupational disease

Miss this term, and a serious work-related illness can get treated like bad luck instead of a job-caused injury - which can mean delays, denied benefits, or the wrong kind of...

My Achilles blew out on broken Manhattan stairs and I'm embarrassed to make a claim

A Manhattan doctor fell on busted apartment stairs, tore an Achilles, and now the other side is sitting on dashcam footage that could prove exactly what happened.

ARTICLE by Priya Sharma

A quick settlement looks cheap once the hidden organ injury shows up

A Manhattan teacher took a fast settlement offer after a fall seemed minor, then the real injury showed up and the insurer started waving around social media posts like proof she wasn't hurt.

ARTICLE by Michael Chen

I messed up after a Manhattan work crash - is the brain surgery fight still salvageable?

A head-on crash, a brain injury, a denied surgery request, and a single-income parent trying not to lose everything.

ARTICLE by Colleen Murphy

environmental contamination

You just got a letter that says testing found chemicals in the soil, air, dust, or water near your home, job site, or child's school. That usually means there may be...

dose-response relationship

You just got a letter that says the chemical exposure in your case was "too low to cause the illness claimed." That argument is about the dose-response relationship: the basic...

My cousin got six figures after a "minor" fall - why is this Manhattan claim stuck at almost nothing?

A farm worker hurt in Manhattan can watch a lowball offer turn into a coverage fight fast when internal injuries show up later and the business policy starts playing games.

ARTICLE by Jamal Harris

Material Safety Data Sheet

You just got a letter that says the chemical at work was "covered by an MSDS," and now you need to figure out whether that helps your case. A Material Safety Data Sheet, often...

People often mix up a Superfund site with a brownfield, but they are not the same thing. A brownfield is property where redevelopment is complicated by known or suspected...

Can my Manhattan employer fire me for filing workers' comp?

No - and what the insurance company does not want you to know is that New York law specifically bans firing or punishing you for claiming workers' compensation. Under New York...

Feels wrong to file a claim when you're undocumented - but that hospital bill won't wait

A Manhattan injury claim does not ask immigration court to weigh in, but the insurance fight can get messy fast when the driver was working and your organ damage showed up later.

ARTICLE by Keisha Williams