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Month: September 2016

New York City | Queens | Brooklyn | Bronx Workers’ Compensation Lawyers

Don’t Think That Your Injury is Too Insignificant for a Workers’ Compensation Claim

There’s a tendency, when you are injured on the job, to believe that your injury must be serious and catastrophic before you should contact a workers’ compensation lawyer or file a claim. That’s not necessarily true. You may have minor injuries that don’t keep you from doing your job that simply heal and go away. But there are also what are known as consequential injuries—injuries that do not occur at the time of the accident, but arise because of some injury you suffered at work. If those consequential injuries prevent you from doing your job or limit what you can do, you have a right to workers’ compensation benefits. Let’s look at an interesting case we handled.

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Workers’ Compensation Attorneys in Queens, NYC, Brooklyn and the Bronx

The Lengths to Which Workers’ Compensation Insurance Companies Will Go to Deny a Claim

It often seems like a workers’ compensation claim should be simple—you were hurt at work, you have witnesses, you even have a medical opinion. But here’s what you need to understand–workers’ compensation insurance companies have a vested interest in paying as little as possible to settle your claim—so does your employer.

Workers’ compensation insurance companies make their money by maximizing premiums and minimizing payouts—it’s that simple. So they’ll look for any opportunity to deny your claim and they’ll use their size and financial resources to make you keep fighting. Your employer’s workers’ compensation premiums are based, in part, on the number of claims the insurance company has to pay on their behalf. The more claims, the higher the premium, so you can see the incentive to reject your claim.

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Can Your Employer Deny Your Claim by Calling You an Independent Contractor?

Experienced NYC | Brooklyn | Queens | Bronx Workers’ Compensation Attorneys

Can Your Employer Deny Your Claim by Calling You an Independent Contractor?

One of the classic ways in which an employer or a workers’ compensation insurance company will attempt to deny coverage for an injury is to allege that you weren’t really an employee, you were an independent contractor. They’ll allege that you were your own boss, that you had your own business, that their coverage is only for employees and that you should have had your own policy of workers’ compensation insurance.

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Queens |NYC| Brooklyn |Bronx Workers’ Compensation Attorneys

Don’t Give Up a Claim Just Because It Doesn’t Appear to Be Work-Related

One of the requirements for filing for and obtaining workers’ compensation benefits is that you must show that the injury was caused by something on the job. When you are injured in a traumatic accident—a machine breaks down or you slip and fall on a wet floor—it’s pretty easy to show that the injury is work-related. But what if you have a back injury that’s developed over time? What if you have a stroke or heart attack caused, at least in part, by stress from your job? In those types of cases, it can be extremely difficult to establish the necessary causal link, but our attorneys have the skill, experience and fight to do so. Here’s an example.

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