Are you suffering from an injury that occurred while you were at work? Are you unable to work because of the injury? Facing medical expenses and bills? According to the Workers Compensation Board, New Yorkers suffer from thousands of workplace injuries each year. Many of those workers fail to collect all their eligible financial benefits because they assumed they did not need a workers compensation or injury attorney for the claim process. The companies, employers, and insurance companies have lawyers limiting their liability and protecting their assets and rights. The New York Workers Compensation Lawyer will protect your rights and assets. Each New York Workers Compensation Lawyer in our firm has fought against workers compensation insurance companies and employers who fail to uphold their obligations. Our New York Workers Compensation Lawyer will aggressively fight to protect your legal rights and to collect benefits for lost wages, medical care and for permanent or partial disability.

If you are suffering from an injury received while on the job in New York, you want a Workers compensation attorney that will help you understand your legal options and walk you through New York's workers compensation laws. Our New York Workers Compensation Lawyers goal is to protect your rights and get you the most compensation for your injury under law. At Stephen Bilkis & Associates, our New York Workers Compensation Lawyers handle work-related injury claims for individuals throughout New York and the Long Island area. Many individuals aren't aware that a workers compensation case can have other parties at fault beyond the employer. Additionally, these third parties can also be sued by one of our New York Personal Injury Lawyers or Injury Attorneys to increase the amount of money you can recover.

Under New York's workers compensation laws, you have the right to recover compensation if you are suffering from a work-related injury. This compensation can include medical expenses, lost income and benefits, loss of earning capacity, and much more. New York's workers compensation laws are geared at benefiting employers by minimizing their liability for any workplace illness or injury. The laws are intended as an agreement between employees and employers - in exchange for giving up their right to file a lawsuit regarding workplace injury, employees are allowed to obtain compensation for medical expenses, professional rehabilitation and lost wages. Therefore, generally the only solution for a recovering from a work-related injury is under the New York workers compensation laws. However, each New York Workers Compensation Lawyer in our office is skilled at analyzing your situation to discovery other possible claims. Regardless of the type of injury you suffer, whether it is a spinal injury, back injury, knee injury, neck injury, brain injury or worse even a wrongful death claim, as long as you are in the process of work-related duties and suffer this injury, the workers compensation law covers the injury. Moreover, it doesn't matter what type of accident occurs as long as you in the scope of your employment and in a work related activity such as a truck accident, crane accident, slip and fall, scaffold accident, car accident, even a collision covering a motorcycle accident. Further, the type of workplace where the accident happens is also covered under the law. Whether it's a construction accident site, a hospital, nursing home, subway, retail department store or almost any location you can come up with, all are covered under the law. Every New York Workers Compensation Lawyer at any of our offices will help you file a workers compensation claim as well as any other injury claim you may have.

Some examples of the most common causes for workplace accidents are:

• slip and fall incidents,
• vehicle accidents including car accident, truck accident and motorcycle accident,
• exposure to toxic, hazardous and dangerous substances,
• faulty, defective or dangerous equipment, sometimes this cause of an accident can also result in a product liability injury, and
• workplace violence
• Further we can help if one of your treating Doctors commits medical malpractice while treating your workers compensation claim

Nearly all workers in New York are covered under the state's compensation laws, which provides medical benefits and wage benefits for a work-related injury and/or illness. However, the application process can be complicated, time consuming and frustrating. Employees may face delays and organizational obstacles as they attempt to collect what they are owed. Initially many claims are denied but with the skilled New York Workers Compensation Lawyer working on your behalf, you can fight for the benefits to which you are owed.

Because employers are required under New York law to provide workers compensation insurance, an employee cannot sue his employer, with a few exceptions. This differs drastically from a personal injury case because it does not matter how the accident occurred or who is responsible for it. Even if the worker suffering from the injury is responsible for the accident due to carelessness, the work is still entitled to workers compensation benefits. Although a workers compensation claim can obtain reimbursement for medical bills, lost wages, scheduled awards for loss of use or physical disability, it does not include compensation for pain and suffering. In most cases, the worker suffering from the illness or injury can also file a personal injury lawsuit. With a personal injury claim, you can recover money for pain and suffering, loss of wages, loss of earning capacity, physical impairment and other damages.

The New York Workers Compensation Lawyer at Stephen Bilkis & Associates will help you determine the types of benefits that could be awarded to you and to your family members, provide information about occupational illness, the disability categories that used to determine your workers compensation award, and other frequently asked questions.

If you are suffering from a workplace injury, you need the help of an experienced and hard-working New York Workers Compensation Lawyer. Contact Stephen Bilkis & Associates for a free consultation and let our experience help ease your burden. Contact us online or at 1-800-NY-NY-LAW or stop by our New York office location or one of our other many convenient locations in Manhattan, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island or in Brooklyn or stop by one of our Long Island offices in Nassau County and Suffolk County.