In New York, most employers must provide workers' compensation insurance for their employees, addressing various conditions such as facial disfigurement, scarring, and hearing loss. Below are the practice areas of our NYC workers' compensation attorneys:
If you sustained a work injury or developed an occupational disease, you are entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits.
Cass and Peters is a leading NYC workers' compensation and personal injury law firm, representing a diverse array of workers who have experienced…
Have a severe illness, personal injury, or workplace accident left you unable to work for 12 months or more?
Confined space accidents, ladder falls, debris on stairs or in work areas, trench collapses, building collapses, fires and explosions, industrial and manufacturing accidents, crane incidents, electrocution, welding injuries, falling objects, machinery accidents, forklift accidents, tunnel worker injuries, utility worker injuries, and issues related to the New York Scaffolding Law (Labor Law Section 240).
Over time, conditions such as asbestos exposure, workplace-related heart attacks, 9/11-related cancers, mesothelioma, silicosis, sick building syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome, and repetitive motion injuries can develop.