Attorney William W. Crossett has represented injured workers throughout Central New York since 1982. Mr. Crossett is the managing partner of Meggesto, Crossett & Valerino, LLP, known as MCV Law, comprised of lawyers, talented paralegals and helpful staff who have expertise in handling cases arising from accidents occurring on the job or sicknesses or illness that arise as a result of exposures from work. Additionally, MCV Law handles personal injury cases, auto accidents, labor law claims, and social security disability cases both associated with workplace injuries and other negligence.Mr. Crossett is a graduate of Syracuse University and DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, Illinois. He has served as President of the Injured Workers' Bar Association of New York, the Central New York Workers' Compensation Bar Association, as well as Chair of the New York State Bar Association Committee on Workers' Compensation.Mr. Crossett has been recognized by Super Lawyers, as a fellow in the College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers, and maintains a high Avvo rating.Mr. Crossett thanks his law partners, Gary Valerino and Kimberly Slimbaugh, his associates, Christopher Stringham and Bethany Nicoletti and his talented paralegals and assistants for their support in completing this book.Mr. Crossett resides in Central New York with his wife, Susan. They have two adult children. Mr. Crossett spends his summers on the shores of Lake Ontario.

Workersa Compensation Law provides an in-depth look at the day-to-day practice of this field while addressing theoretical aspects that form a critical foundation for this branch of law. Reviews how a worker's compensation case begins and explains activities involved in those cases, such as drafting petitions, presenting cases to an administrative law judge, and bringing an appeal. The theoretical basis of the material is laid out in easy to understand and enjoyable format reinforced with practical real-life examples. Although written with paralegal-specific information, the content includes information vital to anyone dealing with Workersa Compensation issues.

Unique in its focus, this book provides an evidence-based framework for assessing work-related neurological and psychological injuries. Meeting a key need, chapters address a range of problems encountered in the workplace: traumatic brain injury, sports concussion, electrical injury, exposure to neurotoxic substances, posttraumatic stress, depression, and brain and psychological injuries experienced in combat. Professionals will find the best available tools and strategies for conducting effective, ethical evaluations of injured workers, making diagnostic determinations, considering causality, determining disability status, and offering treatment recommendations. The complexities of consulting to attorneys, government agencies, and insurance companies are also discussed.

Combining archival research, critical theory, and gender- and disability-analysis, Nate Holdren argues that Progressive Era reform to employee injury law created new employment discrimination against disabled people and a new injury culture that treated employees and their injuries instrumentally.