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How Annuities Are Treated under New York State Medicaid

Applicants for nursing home Medicaid in New York State must disclose any interest they or their spouse has in an annuity. How does such an annuity affect Medicaid eligibility?

What Should You Do With Your Disabled Child’s 529 Plan?

What can you legally do with a 529 college savings plan for your disabled child, if it now appears unlikely that he or she will attend college after all? Can you leave the money in the plan, or use it for something else? What taxes or penalties apply?

Product Defects and the Important Role of Personal Injury Attorneys

Why a strong legal system is important for you. how attorneys protect your rights, and help keep you safe.

Tools for Better Driving: Avoiding Traffic Tie-Ups

Use these apps and tools to avoid traffic and heavy traffic, plan your trip and enjoy the ride!

Court Crushes Plaintiff's Attempt To Circumvent Workers' Compensation Exclusivity

Wooden blocks do not constitute a point of operation guard, the removal or absence of which is an essential element for an exception to exclusivity.

WCAB Declares Regulation Invalid While Clarifying Medical Legal Process

WCAB declares an intent to invalidate administrative regulation requiring an injured worker to return to the same Panel Qualified Medical Evaluator for a subsequent injury involving the same part of body.

WCAB Concludes Regulation is Invalid While Clarifying Medical Legal Process

WCAB invalidates the administrative regulation that required an injured worker to return to the same Panel Qualified Medical Evaluator for the evaluation of a subsequent injury involving the same part of body.

WCAB Applies Home Health Care Statutes to All Dates of Injury

WCAB clarifies what steps must be taken by the injured worker to establish that the care is necessary, the nature and extent of the home care, and the information necessary for obtaining home care reimbursement.

Court of Appeal Reopens An Unfair Stipulated Award

This article discusses the holding in Benavides v. Speciality Risk Services.

The Difference Between Having a Will and Not Having a Will

I will discuss the basic differences between having a will and not having a will.

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