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FAQs: Workers' Compensation

A personal injury victim asks her lawyer about what damages she can recover in a third-party construction injury case.

What Damages Can I Recover in a Third-Party Construction Injury Case?

A workers’ compensation claim form, with someone nearby wondering if they qualify for workers’ comp if they have a preexisting injury

Can a Preexisting Injury Still Qualify for Workers’ Comp?

A construction worker directs an excavator while trying not to worry about trench collapse injury and who’s liable for unsafe excavation in NY.

Trench Collapse Injury: Who’s Liable for Unsafe Excavation in NY?

A person with crutches and a cast on their arm wonders if light duty reduces their workers’ compensation benefits.

Does Light Duty Reduce My Workers’ Compensation Benefits?

An injured man with a cast on his arm fills out paperwork to reopen a closed workers’ compensation case

Can I Reopen a Closed Workers’ Compensation Case?

A new doctor extending their hand as a greeting after a patient changed doctors in a workers’ compensation case

Can I Change Doctors in a Workers’ Compensation Case?

An independent contractor working at a construction site wonders if he can still file a NY injury claim

If I’m an Independent Contractor, Can I Still File a NY Injury Claim?

An injured worker holds his leg and wonders if he can sue the manufacturer of defective equipment for his injury.

Can I Sue the Manufacturer of Defective Equipment for My Injury?

A man injured by electrical shock at work wonders if he can sue a third party for negligence.

Electrical Shock at Work: Can I Sue a Third Party for Negligence?

A construction worker climbs a ladder and hopes he doesn’t fall off while wondering what makes a strong New York construction injury claim.

Ladder Fall at Work: What Makes a Strong NY Construction Injury Claim?

An injured worker sits on the floor after being struck by a falling object and wonders who can be held responsible in NY. 

Struck-By Falling Objects: Who Can Be Held Responsible in NY?

A man lying injured after a ladder or scaffold fall, which qualifies him for NY Labor Law 240.

Who Qualifies for Ladder or Scaffold Cases Under NY Labor Law 240?

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