Workers Compensation Attorney in Long Island, NY
Injured at work on Long Island? We help workers find attorneys who can review the incident, treatment and questions about benefits or other possible claims.
Explain the work activity, employer and circumstances of your injury on Long Island. A clear account helps identify which legal experience your inquiry needs.
The reviewing attorney can discuss medical documentation, benefit issues and whether anyone outside the employment relationship may be involved. We help you find the right person for that conversation.
Your inquiry about workplace injuries on Long Island deserves an attorney with relevant experience. Michael Brook Attorney Referral takes time to understand the situation and uses more than 30 years of referral experience to help you connect.
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Questions about choosing counsel, legal fees and getting started with workplace injuries on Long Island.
How Do You Choose the Right Workplace Injury Lawyer in Long Island?
Most people injured at work assume they have one claim. Usually they have two, and the second one is where the money is.
Claim one: workers' compensation. It pays regardless of fault, and it is the exclusive remedy against your employer — you cannot sue the employer directly except in narrow circumstances. New York's deadlines are strict:
- Notify the employer in writing within 30 days of the accident.
- File form C-3 with the Workers' Compensation Board within two years.
- Benefits cover medical treatment and roughly two-thirds of your average weekly wage, subject to the statutory maximum, plus a schedule loss of use award for certain permanent injuries.
Claim two: the third-party case. If someone other than your employer contributed to the injury — a property owner, a general contractor, a subcontractor, a machinery manufacturer, a negligent driver — you can sue that party for the full range of damages, including pain and suffering, which compensation does not pay. On construction sites, Labor Law §§ 240(1), 241(6) and 200 impose strong duties on owners and general contractors, and § 240(1) imposes absolute liability for elevation-related injuries.
Two rules connect the claims. The compensation carrier holds a lien under Workers' Compensation Law § 29 on the third-party recovery, and settling a third-party case without the carrier's consent can jeopardize future benefits. Under WCL § 11, the employer can be brought into the third-party action only where the worker sustained a statutorily defined grave injury.
Deadlines for the third-party case: three years (CPLR 214), two years for wrongful death, and a 90-day notice of claim where a municipal or public owner is involved. Cases are filed in Supreme Court, Nassau County (Mineola) or Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Riverhead). Immigration status does not bar either claim. General information, not legal advice.
What Does a Workplace Injury Lawyer Cost in Long Island?
Nothing upfront in either proceeding.
Workers' compensation: attorney fees are set and approved by the Workers' Compensation Board and paid out of the award — you are not billed directly.
The third-party case: New York injury attorneys work on contingency, and one-third of the net recovery is the customary arrangement in New York personal injury matters.
What determines what reaches you:
- Whether the third-party case resolves on motion, at mediation, or after trial
- Case expenses: safety engineering and code experts, accident reconstruction, medical narratives, vocational and life care experts in serious cases, transcripts, filing fees
- Whether expenses are deducted before or after the fee
- Negotiation of the WCL § 29 compensation lien — often the largest single deduction after the fee
- Liens to health insurance, Medicare or Medicaid
- Insurance actually available, including additional insured coverage owed by a subcontractor to the general contractor
Ask specifically how the firm handles the compensation lien. It is where a large part of the client's net outcome is decided. Our consultation and referral cost nothing.
Why Choose Michael Brook Attorney Referral for a Workplace Injury Case in Long Island?
Because two proceedings running at once, linked by a lien, need to be coordinated from day one — and because the third-party claim is easy to miss entirely if no one is looking for it.
- Free consultation; the referral costs you nothing.
- Available 24/7 at (800) 669-0060.
- English, Spanish, and Russian.
- Over 30 years matching injured people with attorneys across New York and New Jersey.
- Local case experience in Nassau and Suffolk.
- Continued involvement after the introduction.
Attorneys in Michael Brook's network give the same instruction to every injured worker: report the accident to the employer in writing immediately, even if you think you can work through it. Unreported injuries are contested injuries, and the 30-day notice rule is unforgiving.
Disclaimer: Michael Brook Attorney Referral is not a law firm and provides no legal representation or legal advice. This is general information and does not replace advice from a licensed attorney about your specific situation. No result is guaranteed.