Workers' Compensation Lawyers

First-Rate Workers' Compensation Attorneys

It's always important for you to have a Workers' Compensation attorney on your case. Get in touch with Wugman & Wugman, P.C. today.

Whether you have been hurt on the job in Rockland County, injured in Westchester, Orange, or NYC and live in Rockland County, or just simply were hurt at work in the State of New York, you should have filed a Workers' Compensation claim. If that is the case, you are most likely anxious about your finances, your health, and even the long-term effects on your ability to work and support your family. You may feel that the insurance companies will treat you fairly and that they will be just. As a result, you may not consider hiring an attorney. In a perfect world, this would be the case.

Sadly, the truth can be very ugly! Your employer wants to minimize their Workers' Compensation premium and the insurance company wants to maximize their profits. They will always have an attorney working for them who is paid to help the insurance company achieve their goals, not do what is fair or just for you, the injured worker.

For the insurance carriers, the goal is damage control and to pay as little as possible. The cold hard truth is that you are seen as a case number, not as a disabled person struggling to support your family. Often, injured workers have benefits cut to a level that no one can support a family on, especially in Rockland County, NY, and NYC! Sometimes this is done with little or no warning. The insurance companies know that a certain percentage of claimants will give up for financial reasons. You may no longer be able to afford to continue to stand up for your rights, and accept a low settlement just to be able to climb out of the financial hole.

Dan Wugman started his career working for a law firm that represents insurance companies in defending Workers' Compensation cases. He knows the strategies they utilize on the victims of workplace injuries, hearing loss, and long-term illnesses due to workplace conditions as well as health problems arising from occupational exposure. Wugman & Wugman, P.C. plans for this, enabling us to prepare to defend and protect your rights at every step.

Why Should I Hire a Workers' Compensation Attorney?

Hiring a Workers' Compensation attorney should be the first thing you do if you have filed a Workers' Compensation claim. Unlike most other areas of legal representation in New York state, Workers' Compensation attorneys who represent claimants before the Workers' Compensation Board are not permitted to charge clients directly for services. Workers' compensation attorneys may only recover a fee as a lien on awards of compensation after approval by a Workers' Compensation law judge at a hearing. In other words, if there is a productive and successful representation and an award of compensation benefits is made to the claimant, the attorney may be awarded a fee that is deducted from the claimant's compensation award.

In general, the Board follows the rule that no attorney's fee is awarded unless the award made at the hearing results in additional money moving to the claimant above the amount already paid voluntarily by the carrier. That means that the Workers' Compensation attorney only gets paid a percentage of the additional monies we obtain for our clients over and above what you would have received on your own. From a financial point of view, you have nothing to lose. If your attorney cannot get you additional money, then your attorney is working for free. From an emotional as well as financial vantage, you have everything to gain.

The insurance company's lawyer is going to do everything in their power to minimize their client's exposure. The doctor hired by the insurance company to review your case works for them, not for you! A first-class Workers' Compensation attorney knows how to counter the insurance company lawyer's strategy and knows how to challenge the medical opinions that he or she feels are incorrect. They will protect your rights while aggressively advocating for you. We feel that Wugman & Wugman, P.C. are Rockland County's premier Workers' Compensation attorneys.

If you have suffered from a workplace injury, long-term illness, hearing loss, or occupational condition due to exposure to a hazardous condition at the workplace, call Wugman & Wugman, P.C. For a free, no-obligation consultation and to review your case, unique situation, and legal options, call (845) 499-2232. Wugman & Wugman, P.C. is located at 151 N. Main St, Suite 300, New City, NY 10956.