On behalf of Bangel, Cohen & Falconetti, LLP | Sep 15, 2020 | Workers' Compensation
While workers’ compensation is generally thought of in terms of a single work accident or even repetitive stress injuries, employees can suffer serious conditions due to toxic exposure or other workplace hazards. Even with advanced safety training and the use of...
On behalf of Bangel, Cohen & Falconetti, LLP | Aug 17, 2020 | Workers' Compensation
For the past several years (indeed, some in New York may even argue decades), one of the main incentives drawing people into the workforce was the promise of employment benefits. One of the chief among these is workers’ compensation (as employees want the...
On behalf of Bangel, Cohen & Falconetti, LLP | Aug 14, 2020 | Workers' Compensation
When you think of workers’ compensation, you often imagine situations when a worker has tripped in the walk-in freezer or suffered a serious cut during dinner preparation. For a lot of workers, workers’ compensation seems like the solution for injuries suffered in...
On behalf of Bangel, Cohen & Falconetti, LLP | Aug 13, 2020 | Workers' Compensation
Workplace injuries occur far more often than many people realize. The state’s Workers’ Compensation Board has assembled about 170,000 claims each of the past four years, which is a significant number. We don’t know the exact circumstances of each of these claims, such...
