Presently, new disability guidelines are being considered for New York State Workers’ Compensation cases. These guidelines, if approved, will give us new rules on how to determine ones level of disability. The severity of ones disability determines how much an injured worker is entitled to receive on a weekly basis. As for right now, the […]

If you have more than one job at the time of your work related injury, your wages from all covered employments would be included in the calculation of your weekly benefit amount. Only “on the books” jobs count. For example, a Wal-Mart employee who earns $500.00 per week and also has a part time job […]

Whether or not an injury during an employee’s lunch break is covered under New York’s Workers’ Compensation is a sticky subject. There is no cut and dried rule. However, employee’s who have a fixed period of time for lunch are generally not covered if they leave the employer’s premises. That is because an employee’s actions while […]

When the Workers’ Compensation insurance carrier schedules you to go see their doctor, they are probably trying to reduce your benefit or cut off your medical treatment. In New York State Workers’ Compensation cases, the scheduling of an independent medical examination, also known as an IME, should be a red flag to the injured worker. […]

A common scenario seen in my Upstate New York Workers’ Compensation Law practice involve injuries occurred while traveling to or from causally related medical appointments. By causally related medical appointment, we mean a doctors or physical therapy appointment that someone is attending to secure medical care for a work related injury. For example, if you […]