When you are injured on the job in New York, your employer’s workers’ compensation insurance policy usually covers the cost of your medical treatment. Since 2010, however, the Workers’ Compensation Board of New York has also been in control of the type of treatment most injured employees receive. To maintain this control over treatment, the Workers’ […]

When you’ve been injured at work in New York, figuring out how you are going to support yourself in the short term can be a nightmare. While you will likely qualify for New York workers’ compensation benefits, your employer and their insurance company has the right to deny your claim for a number of reasons. Once you […]

If you are injured at work in the state of New York, you must typically file a workers’ compensation claim to pay for your medical treatment and to cover some of your lost wages while you recover. In order to ensure that you receive the maximum amount of compensation available to you, you must comply […]

Some worker’s compensation claims are not very straightforward. This is particularly true when you have a pre-existing injury or illness that is impacted by your current injury or illness. Any condition that you have that predates your workplace injury could impact any worker’s comp benefits that you may be entitled to receive. If the pre-existing […]

In the State of New York, the worker’s compensation system is under the purview of the New York Worker’s Compensation Board. If you sustain an injury while on the job in New York and you get a denial for your worker’s compensation claim, you still have options. You can file a worker’s compensation appeal to […]