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Through Grief and Struggles, Heroes Helping Heroes Was Born

By now, many know my story. My name is Samantha Steward and I am an attorney at Meuser, Yackley & Rowland, P.A. I am also the wife of a retired Minneapolis police sergeant. While my husband, Chris, was going through the workers’ compensation process, I often felt like I was not doing enough for my […]

We All Have Days

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Forward by Ron Meuser, Jr. Jen Yackley and I originally met with Dana (who wrote the story below), her husband Ed and his service dog Rex to hear their story and learn how I can help. They founded an organization called Soldier’s 6 whose mission is to provide honorable discharged veterans, police officers, and firefighters […]

Heroes Helping Heroes

Forward by Ron Meuser, Jr. Chris Steward, retired Minneapolis Police Sergeant and Founder of Heroes Helping Heroes, was granted a medical disability retirement in 2021 after 14+ years with the City of Minneapolis. Heroes Helping Heroes provides non-medical support to first responders who suffer with mental illness, specifically post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Heroes Helping Heroes […]

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Police Officers

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On January 1, 2019, a new law went into effect that may drastically change the way work-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) claims are handled in Minnesota. For PTSD injuries that occur on or after January 1, 2019, there is a presumption for first responders that their PTSD is work-related. The PTSD presumption applies to licensed police officers, […]

Soldier’s 6 and K-9 Dez

A soldier walks down the street with his service dog while carrying a thin blue line flag .

  Jen Yackley & I originally met with Dana (who wrote the story below), her husband Ed & his service dog Rex to hear their story and learn how I can help. They founded an organization called Solder’s 6 whose mission is to provide honorably discharged veterans, police officers, and firefighters with specially trained K-9 dogs. The support […]

Soldier’s 6

A soldier walks down the street with his service dog while carrying a thin blue line flag .

Forward by Ron Meuser, Jr. Jen Yackley & I met with Dana (who wrote the story below), her husband Ed & his service dog Rex to hear their story and learn how I can help. They founded an organization called Solder’s 6 whose mission is to provide honorably discharged veterans, police officers, and firefighters with specially trained K-9 […]

PTSD: A Silent Epidemic

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Every day we are reminded of the risks that law enforcement officers face. Media reports focus on officer shootings leading to the misperception that gunfire is the greatest risk to which an officer is exposed. No one can deny the inherent risk of an officer being shot but the startling fact is that more officers […]

Ron Meuser Participates in the Workers’ Compensation Deskbook Seminar Discussion Panel

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Established by the Minnesota State Bar Association to prepare and present high-quality continuing legal education for Minnesota attorneys, the Minnesota Continuing Legal Education (CLE) recently hosted the 2019 Workers’ Compensation Deskbook Seminar and invited Ron Meuser, Founder, Meuser Law Office, P.A. to participate in a discussion panel. Held at their state-of-the-art conference center in Minneapolis, the full day event provided comprehensive coverage […]

Fired for Cause: The Complex Issue of Misconduct and PTSD in Law Enforcement

An NYPD police officer appears concerned while standing on the city streets.

Allegations of misconduct are not necessarily a barrier to asserting a claim for workers’ compensation and PERA/MSRS Duty Disability benefits for Minnesota police officers and firefighters. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is finally getting recognition as a serious problem for Minnesota’s law enforcement officers. Since October 2013, Minnesota worker’ compensation law now recognizes PTSD as a compensable injury, as does PERA and MSRS for purposes […]

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