New York Workers’ Compensation

Are You Entitled To Workers’ Compensation? If you’ve been hurt at work and require medical treatment, then you may have a right to Workers’ Compensation. This compensation will help cover your medical bills, lost wages and other related expenses.   However, Workers’ Compensation cases aren’t always clear-cut. Your claim can be unfairly denied or certain

Have You Been Injured Before? Is this the first time you have been injured at work? This is the first question we ask anybody who comes to us with a potential Workers’ Compensation claim. You would be surprised how many people have previously been injured while working and have no idea they are entitled to

Incident Or Accident: Which Is It? Incident vs accident: Have you ever used these two words to describe the same type of event? You’re not the first person and you probably won’t be the last. But did you know they are actually two different things? Incident and accident are often used to describe the same

Riskiest Jobs In The US Have you been injured at work? You’re not the first person and you definitely won’t be the last. No matter how hard your bosses work to protect you from being injured, accidents in the workplace happen.   These injuries could happen from simple slip and fall accidents or from construction accidents. They could

Idiopathic Injuries In New York In order for your workplace injury to be compensable under the Workers’ Compensation law, you must have been injured both out of and in the course of your employment.   How does an injury arise out of employment? It happens when some form of causal connection exists between your work conditions and

Accidents happens. And they can happen all too easily in the workplace. Sometimes the cause of your on-the-job injury might be very clear. For example, if you fell down the stairs because of a broken guardrail, then your injuries obviously ‘work-related,’ and covered by Workers’ Compsensation.   But in some cases, your injuries might just

Hospital Hazards Hospitals are one of the most dangerous places to work in America. Every year, healthcare workers report more injuries than employees in construction, manufacturing and even coalmines. In 2011 alone, hospital workplace injuries cost the industry about $6.2 billion and more than 920,000 lost workdays. Most people probably do not think of hospitals

Embarrassed By Your Work Injury? Have you ever been injured at work but were too embarrassed or afraid to report your accident to management? Or to file a Workers’ Compensation claim?   You are not alone. You would be amazed at how often workers (just like you) are injured at work but feel they have

Do You Have More Than One Job? Let’s face it, New York is expensive and it is not uncommon for many people living in New York to have multiple jobs at the same time. But what happens if you get hurt at work when you have more than one job? Even worse, what happens if