If you sustained an injury, its a valid workers' compensation claim. If there are medical reports about the injury that include the doctor's...

The Workers' Compensation Law does not permit an employer to retaliate against someone for having a workers' compensation claim, but it does permit...

Yes, a claimant always has the right to retain a new lawyer. Outgoing counsel will retain a fee interest in the case, but the claimant will pay...

Actually, no, that's probably good. There's no guarantee here and obviously I haven't seen your file. When a judge wants to deny a case, they...

Yes, assuming you're not a federal employee or one of the very few occupations written out of the Workers' Compensation Law (ie: NYC police and...

If you hurt the ankle in an accident at work, then yes, if your doctor feels that your ankle injury is disabling from your job, you would have a...

No. If you are already represented for your case, your attorney can argue the relative merits of the IME's conclusions based on their credentials...

You need an attorney who routinely handles workers' compensation matters. If you have one already, these are questions for them. If you don't,...

You didn't really ask a question, but it certainly sounds like a strong case on the liaibility side (are they at fault) based on being rear-ended,...

Based on the information you included in your post, it sounds very much like you should also have made a claim for Workers' Compensation benefits. ...