Depending on loss of motion, a torn biceps is usually about a 20% loss of use of the arm. The arm is 312 weeks of comp so a 20% loss is 62.4 weeks...

I have a WC case that is also going to be a personal injury settlement. What is the first 50 in NY?

Did your accident involve a motor vehicle accident? This appears to be a reference to No-fault benefits which come in to play in an auto accident...

Because your Loss of Wage Earning Capacity (LWEC) will be based upon factors other than just your disability resulting from the comp injury, the...

If you worked for a private company and not directly for the U.S. Government, then you might have a claim under state law. However, from the...

Do I stand a chance suing Amazon?

You should file a Workers' Compensation claim. It is not a law suit.

If you were classified with a permanent partial disability, you do not need to see a doctor to maintain your benefits.

If there has not been a Worker's Compensation Board decision directing the insurance company to keep paying you, the insurance company can suspend...

If the all the medical opinions are in agreement that you are 100% disabled for any and all work and that it is permanent, you will be classified...

Section 137 of the Workers' Compensation Law permits you as the claimant to videotape the exam. It does not permit the doctor, the IME company or...

I have a permanent total disability under workers comp. The insurance company is pestering me to accept a Section 32.

You cannot be forced to settle. Unless you were, by some miracle, able to return to work, the insurance company owes you weekly benefits for life....