As per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 4 million workers were injured on the job during 2005 and 5,700 workers lost their lives from work related injuries. New York State’s no-fault worker’s compensation program is meant to provide financial protection to workers hurt on the job and to provide them appropriate medical care.

NYS State law requires employers to purchase insurance in order to provide workers’ compensation benefits to his/her employees. This insurance covers payments for medical care and to replace lost wages. It also provides facility regarding medical treatment. However, denials are common while filing [...]

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Personal injury compensation is paid out as a monetary award of damages which is meant to compensate the victim for the injury and losses which they have sustained due to injuries. The personal injury compensation that can be won for a claimant falls into two major categories:

Injury Compensation – It encompasses general damages and is given to remunerate the injury victim for the pain, suffering, loss of work and inconvenience caused by the injury itself.  An example of this injury compensation would be a compensation amount given to the victim of a car accident because he/she had suffered spinal cord [...]

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