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  • Top of vintage typewriter with Work Injury Claim typed on the center of a piece of paper in the machine

    Defense Base Act & Settlement of Claims

    After almost 40 years representing injured workers covered by the Defense Base Act (along with those covered by the Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act and Non-Appropriated Funds Instrumentalities Act), it is clear that almost every claim is resolved via a final settlement under Section 8(i) of this law. That section simply requires the application…

  • Representing Injured Persons Under Federal Workers Compensation Law

    Representing Injured Persons Under Federal Workers Compensation Law

    The first thing we usually learn from our Federal Workers’ Compensation clients is that it has taken them a long time to find the Soloway Law Firm. This is because they have spent days, weeks and often many months looking for a law firm willing to handle their Federal Workers’ Compensation case, only to find…

  • Sign on front of government building reading Social Security Administration

    DISABLED ADULT CHILD BENEFITS

    Disabled Adult Child (DAC) benefits are a type of Title II Social Security Disability benefit available to disabled individuals who are the adult children of Social Security beneficiaries who are unable to work due to their disabilities.

  • A medical history form on a clip board with a stethoscope laying on top.

    Setting the (Medical) Record Straight

    Setting the (Medical) Record Straight An applicant for Social Security Disability Benefits is chained to his medical records like a sailor is to his ship. And, as a sailor must work to keep all aspects of a vessel “ship shape,” an applicant for Social Security Disability Benefits is due to take steps to make his…