Legal Report by Milan Rada, Esq. with John Hewson, Esq. Working as a police officer is a dangerous and high-risk profession in which injuries are an unfortunate result of simply doing the job. Further, we have seen over the years that very rarely does a police officer with years of service ever go to work pain-free. Pain is an almost…
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Legal Report by Milan Rada, Esq. with John Hewson, Esq. Recently a police officer called to tell us that he tweaked his back getting out of his police car one morning when he lost his footing on some ice. He had an older line of duty aided number for a prior back injury and he was unsure of what to…
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Legal Report by Milan Rada Esq. with John Hewson, Esq. We all know the old adage about a tree falling in the forest without no one around. Unfortunately, the same is true of injuries that go unreported. Did the injury actually happen if no one knows about it? It sounds more philosophical than it should because obviously, the injury happened,…
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Legal Report by Milan Rada Esq., with John Hewson, Esq. There are several recurrent themes that we see over and over again when we do appointments with members. Thankfully, most of these issues are easily dealt with. The troubling part is that several are so important that they continuously warrant discussion and need to be stressed because the failure to…
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Legal Report by Milan Rada, Esq. with John Hewson, Esq. At the start of the New Year, we feel it is beneficial to stress the importance of certain fundamental requirements as they relate to line of duty injuries: 1) Per the Department Manual, you MUST report your injury to the Department within seven (7) days of the injury, even if you…
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Legal Report By Milan Rada, Esq. with John Hewson, Esq. We have not written about Social Security Disability Benefits with the same frequency as accidental and performance of duty disability benefits (3/4 and ½). Nevertheless, Social Security Disability Benefits can be just as important a part of post retirement financial planning as many of the other sources of income such…
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Legal Report By Milan Rada, Esq. with John Hewson, Esq. Every case comes with its own hurdles, and even with the best set of facts, one of those hurdles can very easily destroy any chance of receiving a benefit to which an injured officer would otherwise be entitled. Our goal is to educate members of the Department in order to…
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In 1988, the newly elected president of the PBA, Gary DelaRaba, brought a brilliant and innovative concept to lawyering for police unions. DelaRaba decided that he would hire expert law firms that concentrated their practice in a particular specialty, rather than have one firm to handle all the union’s business. After conducting an extensive vetting process, DelaRaba selected the firm…
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Legal Report By Milan Rada Esq. with John Hewson, Esq. Here is a scenario that is playing itself out over and over again. A police officer becomes injured in a bonafide accident on the job. There is no question that it is a 3/4 type of scenario. The officer is left with significant injuries that fail to improve over the…
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Legal Report By Milan Rada, Esq. with John Hewson, Esq. We are experiencing significant changes in every area of life: technology, transportation, entertainment, communication, and law enforcement, to name just a few. The practice of medicine is no exception as changes, for example, in the delivery of medical care are directly impacting disability cases and line of duty injuries. However,…
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