Besides the employer and insurance company, doctors play an important role in providing necessary medical information to the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board. Many compensation claims may rely on what is reported in the doctor’s narrative in regards to the workplace injury or illness that the employee sustained. In addition to helping employees receive compensation […]

If you are unable to work because of your injury, you’ll have to deal with pain from the injury, stress and lost wages. However, in New York, injured workers are able to file for workers’ compensation benefits by sending the Workers’ Compensation Board a claim form. Unfortunately, not every claim is accepted, or the conditions […]

When you get injured on the job, there are many things you have to deal with. Receiving medical treatment, obtaining physical therapy, and figuring out how to pay for daily expenses due to lost income are only a portion of the problem. One thing that should not be overlooked is getting compensated for those lost […]

Workers’ compensation is designed to allow employees who are injured while at work, or who have developed a work-related medical condition or disease, to be compensated without needing to prove their employer was negligent. In turn, employers may not prevent employees from collecting workers’ compensation benefits by alleging the injuries were due to the employee’s […]

A repetitive motion injury or a repetitive stress injury is an injury to a ligament, nerve, muscle, tendon, or other structures of the body that occurs from doing the same movement over and over again. The most common form is carpal tunnel syndrome, but others occur in other areas of the body. This type of […]