Workers Compensation

New York Workers Compensation Attorneys

When you suffer an injury in the workplace, insurance companies are not looking out for your best interests — and even the Workers’ Compensation Board may not advise you of all the monetary awards that the law provides. Initial applications for Social Security Disability (SSD) are routinely turned down, even when it is clear that you are unable to work.

An experienced attorney can effectively assert your rights and legal claims to workers’ compensation benefits. Contact a workers’ compensation benefits law firm to make sure that you are fully protected.

Filing a Workers’ Compensation Claim

To file a claim, you must give notice to employer in writing within 30 days of accident or injury. You must also seek medical attention providing the doctor with a clear history of what happened. Because the doctor is the primary decision maker in your case, it is important to get medical treatment as early as possible and to continue receiving that treatment as long as it is necessary.

In addition to helping you file and secure the medical assistance and treatment you need, we will also help you if you have not received payments, if your benefits were reduced or denied, or if the insurance company refused to authorize surgery. We are aggressive in pursuing appeals on behalf of our clients.

Many occupational diseases or exposures are also covered, as well as injuries that occurred at a specific date and time. Contact us for more information.

Settling Workers’ Compensation Claims

There is always an option for settlement in Workers’ Compensation claims. Parties may agree under Section 32 to a single payment and a final closing of the file. A settlement is completely voluntary and cannot be imposed by the court. Most claims are very complicated, especially if Social Security is involved and must be handled by an experienced lawyer. We will protect your rights and claims to ensure that you do not compromise another benefit, such as SSDI or Medicare.

Recent examples of our Workers’ Compensation claims and settlements:

• Our firm secured compensation for a family who lost a loved one to a cardiac condition years after suffering a workplace injury. Even though the related death occurred years after the injury.
• We secured benefits for the survivors of a firefighter who suffered PTSD, which lead to drug addiction and an overdose, ultimately resulting in his death. Our firm successfully argued for his work-related injury and the family’s entitlement to benefits for the cause of death.

Visit our Workers’ Compensation Information Center for more information about your rights and Workers’ Compensation law.

Contact Ouimette, Goldstein & Andrews, LLP for a free consultation with an experienced New York Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability attorney in Orange and Dutchess Counties.

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