Workers’ Compensation
People are injured while working everyday across the State of New York. Some are minor injuries requiring only temporary medical treatment yet others are serious or catastrophic injuries requiring extensive medical care and causing significant periods of lost time. Whether it’s a specific accident or a more complicated occupational illness developing over a long period of time, on-the-job injuries can change a worker’s life - sometimes forever.
New York State passed the New York Workers' Compensation Law creating a set of rules - and an agency - to quickly determine the rights of an injured worker and the responsibilities of their employer’s insurance company. At stake are lost wage replacement benefits, lifetime medical coverage, mileage reimbursement, and possibly monetary awards.
An injured worker has very specific deadlines and filing requirements initially, and the responsive paperwork required by the insurance carrier is exhaustive, with numerous layers of penalties for untimely filings. There is an adversarial proceeding with hearings, trials and medical depositions that a Workers' Compensation Law Judge will use to determine the rights and responsibilities of the parties involved. It is an adversarial process and can be very daunting without the help of an expert!
The Workers' Compensation Law is very intricate and New York Appellate Courts have handed down decisions interpreting the law for many decades, making the use of a lawyer a necessary part of the process. Each party is generally represented by an attorney in a Workers' Compensation Claim - and the choice of that attorney can make all the difference.
Our Workers' Compensation attorneys have a long and extensive history practicing in the field of New York Workers' Compensation Law, and all of our attorneys are frequently seen on a daily basis at the Workers' Compensation Board locations all across Eastern and Central New York. We have more than 50 years of experience and have collectively handled tens of thousands of hearings, depositions and trials.
With Sullivan Keenan Oliver & Violando, LLP in your corner - you can rest assured that your case is receiving the attention it deserves! Our firm stands out among Albany Workers' Compensation Lawyers, and recent statute and regulatory changes make the use of appropriate counsel crucial. Our attorneys are fully familiar with the ever-changing climate at the Workers' Compensation Board, as well as the trends in the court system. We are frequently invited to lecture in the area of Workers' Compensation Law to educate other attorneys, human resource professionals, and insurance company representatives about the changes in the Workers' Compensation Law and important Court decisions that change the way the Board operates - because we are frequently at the forefront of those changes!
We regularly appear at Workers' Compensation Hearings in Albany - Menands, Schenectady, Queensbury, Hudson, Kingston, Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, Monticello, New City, Oneonta, Utica, Saranac Lake and Plattsburgh, as well as other more distant locations at the specific request of a client. Being in New York's Capital City also gives us great proximity to the Third Department of New York’s Appellate Division - which hears all appeals from the Worker's Compensation Board - as well New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals. We have successfully perfected numerous appeals in the area of Workers' Compensation Law with oral arguments before these courts. Many prominent decisions in the field of Workers' Compensation Law exist because of our efforts.
If you have questions about an on-the-job injury or an existing Workers' Compensation claim, and you are seeking an Albany Workers' Compensation Attorney - please give us a call. We'd be glad to help.