Retired 9/11 Cop Being Sued for Refusing to Pay $500K Fee

A former NYPD cop is being sued be a company who gave him an advance on a settlement he received for injuries sustained working 9/11 and ground zero. MICHAEL IP/FOR NEW YORK DAILY NES
Barasch & McGarry was sued this week for standing up to a lending company that is demanding 66% interest on a loan that it gave a disabled NYC police officer. Mike Barasch was quoted in the New York Post and the Daily News promising that the firm would fight to make sure that the firm’s client wasn’t victimized again.
Read the full article that appeared in the New York Daily News on April 8, 2016
Read the full article that appeared in the New York Post on April 7, 2016

he needed a advance because our gov. stingings along all the first responders who need help…but non of us hesitated to help others in the middle of that disaster,be it our job or not….the gov should step up and pay people who have their paperwork filed and up to date instead of waiting for us all to die one by one,not to mention they should be trying to look out for us in regards to these lending companies taking advantage of people/responders who are struggling and dying Glad to see an attorney firm is standing up for us