Workplace Injury Lawyer Near Me

Look for a lawyer who handles work-injury lawsuits, can tell you who besides your employer may be responsible, and explains the fee in writing. Our main office is at RXR Plaza in Uniondale, with offices in Brooklyn, Corona (Queens) and Teaneck, New Jersey. Call (516) 227-2662 to arrange a free consultation at the office that suits you.

Usually not. Workers' compensation is generally the only remedy against your own employer and co-workers. An employer that failed to carry compensation coverage can be sued. What you often can do is sue someone else who is legally responsible for the injury, such as a property owner, general contractor, another subcontractor, a machine maker or another driver, while you collect compensation.

Compensation is no-fault: your employer's carrier pays medical care and partial wage benefits, decided by the Workers' Compensation Board. A lawsuit is against a third party, must prove that party is legally responsible, and can recover pain and suffering and lost earnings above the benefits. The carrier usually has a lien on part of the recovery, after the costs of getting it, subject to statutory exceptions.

Labor Law 240(1) requires owners and contractors to give workers proper protection, such as scaffolds, ladders and hoists, against gravity hazards during construction, demolition, repair, painting or cleaning of a building or structure. Where a violation causes the injury, the worker's own carelessness is not a defense; with no violation and the worker's conduct the sole cause, there is no liability. Owners of one- and two-family homes who contract for but do not direct or control the work are excepted.

Workers' compensation pays medical care and partial wage benefits, with a weekly maximum of $1,281.50 for accidents from July 1, 2026. A third-party lawsuit can add pain and suffering, lost earnings above the benefits and future costs, if responsibility is proved. We do not publish value ranges; each case depends on the injury, the proof and the insurance available.

Tell your employer in writing within 30 days and file the compensation claim within two years. A lawsuit against a private company is generally due within three years. If a city, county, town, village or school district may be responsible, a notice of claim is usually due within 90 days; the State and some public authorities have their own, sometimes shorter, rules.

Injury lawsuits arising from work: falls from ladders and scaffolds, falling objects, machinery and conveyor injuries, crashes while driving for work, falls on another company’s premises, electrical injuries and burns. If you need help only with a compensation claim, we will tell you that at the consultation and how to find a Board-listed representative.

The firm has over 40 years of experience and has recovered more than $100 million for clients firm-wide. We focus on the claim beyond compensation: identifying who else was responsible, keeping the evidence, meeting the notice deadlines and protecting your benefits when the case settles. The consultation is free and there is no fee unless there is a recovery.