Worker's Compensation

Worker's Compensation payments for lost wages and medical expenses are a benefit available to almost all employees, full time or part time, when hurt in the course of their employment. In the Tri-State area, work injuries are very common, accounting for payments of literally billions of dollars annually. It is also one of the most hotly contested areas of the law. The Insurance Industry insists that many workers fake injuries to defraud the system. Year after year, and with great effect, the Insurance Industry and the large self insured corporations badger the State Legislatures to change laws to limit benefits. Unfortunately, being large, wealthy and willing to persevere, they often win.

As with any State organized system, there is no guarantee that the injured worker will actually receive benefits. It is the duty of the injured worked to prove his entitlement under existing State statutes, regulations and Court determined case law. While the matter is being fought, the injured worker is not entitled to benefits, or possibly even medical care for the injury. Pain, loss of job, loss of self esteem, loss of health benefits, home and family are all too often the unanticipated but real disasters that face the injured worker.

Only the most experiened lawyer should handle a worker's compensation matter; never decide to handle it yourself. The Insurance industry and many employers have full time legal staffs, whether as part of their company or by hiring well qualified Law Firms to handle compensation claims. These are big money issues to your employer, his compensation insurance carrier and the Firms that represent them. Your claim is taken very seriously, you must do the same.

It is often said that "nice guys finish last." Nothing could be more true in the Worker's Compensation arena. You can not be nice and "go along with them" and win. For it is a game, and they have the ball. It's called money. You must be assertive, not aggressive, to win. Your lawyer, as your advocate, must be highly experienced in the Law and possess in depth medical knowledge to win and obtain all the benefits you deserve.

Your lawyer should, and must, represent you in these three basic areas:
1. protect and defend your rights under the law
2. educate you as to your rights and your responsibilities, even if they appear burdensome and unfair and
3. understand and obtain all benefits to which you are entitled in coordination with your Worker's Compensation benefits.

We pride ourselves on our many years of service to the injured worker and our reputation in the community as attorneys who vigorously fight for the rights of the injured worker.