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9/11 WTC Cancer Claimants Share Uplifting Stories

Posted in Zadroga 9/11 Compensation Fund Claims

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. Your heroism did not stop after you left the crash site!

Brookhaven Lab Workers Get Compensation for Cancer Caused by Radiation Exposure

Posted in Health Info, NY Workers Compensation Claims

Newsday reports today that Brookhaven National Lab workers with cancer who were exposed to radiation at BNL during the Cold War will finally be able to receive the federal workers’ compensation benefits that Congress intended when it set up a special compensation program for these workers in 2000. The facts surrounding the Brookhaven exposures are eerily similar to the case our office… Continue Reading