In older cases, the Special Funds Conservation Committee may become liable to reimburse your Workers’ Compensation insurance carrier for payments made to you.  While this does not directly effect the claimant’s entitlement to benefits, Special Funds involvement will usually dramatically slow down the settlement process. In certain cases, the Waive Agreement Management Office (WAMO) can […]

One of the criteria needed to be successful with your Workers’ Compensation claim is a finding of an employer-employee relationship. While is seems obvious that you must be an employee, injured at work, to collect Workers’ Compensation payments there are many instances where it is not that clear cut. The simple fact that someone is […]

The New York State Workers’ Compensation Law provides for final adjustment of finger injuries between six months and a year post injury and/or surgery. The difficulty with finger injuries is that the schedule loss of use award often does not adequately compensate the injured worker. The law contains a maximum number of weeks that is […]

Simply put, many employers do not want to file Workers’ Compensation claims with their insurance carrier. They will tell an injured worker that everything will be taken care of. They often tell the worker that he or she will receive their wages and to simply hand in the medical bills and they will get paid. […]