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To learn more about your rights in a workers’ compensation, Social Security disability or personal injury claim, read the blog posts below.
Understanding the New York Workers’ Compensation Medical Guidelines
The Regulations Doctors Must Follow When Treating Patients with Workers’ Compensation Claims
Queens |NYC| Brooklyn |Bronx Workers’ Compensation Attorneys
When you have been hurt on the job in New York, you have a right to seek workers’ compensation benefits, which include compensation for lost wages, as well as payment of or reimbursement for medical expenses. You will most likely be required to submit to an examination by a company approved doctor, but you can also seek medical treatment from a physician of your choice. There are, however, specific guidelines that your treating doctor must follow.
What Losses Does a Workers’ Compensation Cover?
When you have been injured at work, your injuries can extend beyond the obvious ones. What happens if you slip and fall, breaking a bone, but also shattering your glasses or a tooth? What if your injury leaves a permanent scar? What types of losses does a workers'...
Can You Work and Collect Workers’ Compensation at the Same Time?
New York City | Queens | Brooklyn | Bronx Workers' Compensation Lawyers When you have been hurt on the job in New York, you have the right to seek workers' compensation benefits to cover lost wages and medical expenses. The objective is to provide benefits for you...
Your Rights When You Submit to a Medical Examination
Your Rights during a Workers' Compensation Medical Examination Queens |NYC| Brooklyn |Bronx Workers' Compensation Attorneys Under New York's workers' compensation laws, when you have suffered a work-related injury and seek workers' compensation benefits, your employer...
What Is a Consequential Injury in a Workers’ Compensation Case?
Understanding Consequential Injuries in Workers’ Compensation Cases
In the aftermath of a work-related injury, it’s pretty common to focus on the most obvious injuries you’ve suffered. Maybe you slipped and fell, breaking a bone or tearing a ligament. But those types of injuries can have other consequences. For example, an injury to one knee can cause you to overcompensate with your other leg, leading to problems with your other leg, or even misalignment in your spine, with attendant back or neck problems. These types of injuries are known as “consequential” injuries and you have a right to recover workers’ compensation benefits if they make it difficult or impossible for you to work.
Permanent Disability Determinations in Workers’ Compensation Cases
What Does It Mean to Be Permanently Disabled for Workers’ Compensation Purposes?
When you’ve been hurt on the job and have qualified for workers’ compensation benefits, one of the goals will be to provide you with compensation and payment of medical expenses until you have fully recovered. But what happens if your injuries are permanent, such that you either can’t return to work at all, or can only return to work with some limitations on your ability to perform your former job? Are you entitled to workers’ compensation for the rest of your life?
Understanding the Workers’ Compensation Medical Guidelines in New York
Queens |NYC| Brooklyn |Bronx Workers' Compensation Attorneys How the Workers' Compensation Medical Guidelines Can Affect You When you've sustained a work-related injury and qualify for workers' compensation benefits, you'll be entitled to whatever treatment you need...
Workers’ Compensation Cover Wrongful Death in the Workplace?
Do Surviving Family Members Have Any Recourse after a Workplace Fatality?
When you’ve contracted an illness or sustained an injury on the job in New York, you know that you have a right to pursue compensation for lost wages, as well as any unreimbursed medical expenses while you are unable to work. But what are the rights of your surviving family members if you die from an occupational illness or are killed in a workplace accident? Can your dependents seek compensation for the loss of support, the loss of companionship or consortium, or any medical bills incurred because of your death? Yes, they can.
What Fees Do You Have to Pay in a Workers’ Compensation Claim?
If you’ve been hurt on the job in New York, you may know that you have a right to pursue benefits under the state’s workers’ compensation laws, but you may also have substantial concerns about the costs of filing such a claim. What will you have to pay? Will you have to come up with money up front to pay your attorney? Are there other fees involved?
The Fees Incurred in a New York Workers’ Compensation Case
Don’t Be Intimidated by a Workers’ Compensation Insurance Company Investigator
Don't Let an Insurance Company Investigator Push You Around If you've been hurt on the job in New York, you have a right to seek workers' compensation benefits. Your employer—and your employer's workers' compensation insurance provider—have an incentive to minimize...