PUBLIC SERVANT INJURY LAWYER IN GREENBURGH

Shulman & Hill Injury Lawyers helps injured public employees pursue workers’ compensation benefits, line-of-duty benefit issues, disability evaluations, Schedule Loss of Use awards, and third-party claims when another person or company caused the injury.

Since 2013, our Greenburgh public servant injury lawyers have represented injured New Yorkers in serious work injury claims. We understand the physical demands placed on police officers, firefighters, EMTs, correction officers, sanitation workers, teachers, school staff, transit workers, highway crews, and other public employees.

If you were hurt while working for a town, county, state, school, transit, or municipal employer, contact our Greenburgh workers’ compensation lawyers today for a free consultation.

Who Our Greenburgh Public Servant Injury Lawyers Help

Public employees do some of the most physically demanding work. You may be hurt while responding to an emergency, lifting a patient, stopping a fight, driving a work vehicle, repairing roads, collecting waste, supervising students, or working around heavy equipment.

Shulman & Hill handles injury claims for uniformed and civilian public workers, including:

• Police officers and local law enforcement employees.
• Firefighters and EMTs.
• Correction officers.
• Sanitation workers.
• Highway and Department of Transportation workers.
• Transit workers and maintenance employees.
• Teachers, paraprofessionals, lunch staff, and other school employees.
• Municipal clerical and administrative employees.
• Public hospital and health care workers.

Your job title can affect which benefits are available and how the claim should be handled. Our Greenburgh personal injury lawyers review your employer, union status, retirement system, wage records, injury report, and line-of-duty benefits before we advise you.

Benefits and Compensation Available Under New York Law

Workers’ compensation may pay for medical care and part of your lost wages after a public employee injury. It may also provide an award for permanent loss of use of certain body parts or longer-term disability benefits when the injury affects your earning ability.

Depending on your job, employer, and injury, other benefits may also apply. Some municipal employees may have access to line-of-duty pay, disability retirement, contractual benefits, union protections, or other job-based benefits.

A third-party claim may also be available if someone outside your employer caused the injury.

Understanding Your Average Weekly Wage

Your workers’ compensation rate depends in part on your average weekly wage. For many public employees, that number is not simple because pay may include overtime, night shifts, holiday pay, seasonal work, shift differentials, or recurring assignment-based earnings.

We review wage proof such as:

• Pay stubs.
• Payroll records.
• Overtime logs.
• Duty schedules.
• Union contract terms.
• Prior year earnings.
• Second jobs, when the law allows them to count.
• Reduced earnings after you return to work.

If the insurance carrier uses the wrong wage number, your weekly checks may be too low. We present wage records and legal support to seek the correct rate.

Third-Party Claims

In most work injury cases, you cannot sue your employer for ordinary negligence. You may, however, have a claim against a third party that caused or contributed to the injury.

Third-party claims may involve:

• A careless driver who hit your vehicle.
• A property owner that failed to correct a hazard.
• A contractor that created an unsafe condition.
• A manufacturer of defective equipment.
• A vendor that failed to maintain equipment.
• A building owner responsible for unsafe stairs, floors, or walkways.

Workers’ compensation can pay medical and wage benefits while a third-party claim seeks damages such as pain and suffering, fuller lost income, and future financial loss.

Shulman & Hill coordinates both claims so statements, medical proof, and settlement decisions do not work against you.

Deadlines for Public Employee Injury Claims in Greenburgh

Public employee injury claims can involve several deadlines. The deadline depends on the type of claim, who may be legally responsible, and whether the injury happened in one event or developed over time.

Deadlines may include:

• 30 days to give written notice to your employer after a work accident.
• 2 years to file Form C-3 with the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board in most cases.
• Different filing dates for occupational disease claims, based on when you knew the condition was related to your work.
• 90 days to file a Notice of Claim when required for a claim against a public corporation.
• 30 days in many motor vehicle cases to submit no-fault notice after a crash.

One report may not protect every claim. A workplace incident report, union report, workers’ compensation filing, Notice of Claim, and no-fault notice can each serve a different legal purpose.

Our Greenburgh public servant injury attorneys at Shulman & Hill track each deadline and file the correct paperwork to protect your claim.

Why Choose Shulman & Hill for a Public Servant Injury Claim?

Public employee injury claims require more than filing forms. Your job title, employer, union status, wage records, retirement system, and line-of-duty benefits can all affect your case. Shulman & Hill reviews each of these issues before we recommend a legal strategy.

Our firm has recovered over $1 billion for injured clients and brings more than 200 years of combined experience to New York injury claims. We know how to challenge denied benefits, unfair IME reports, low wage calculations, and return-to-work decisions that do not match your medical restrictions.

We also look beyond workers’ compensation when the facts support it. If a careless driver, unsafe property owner, contractor, equipment company, or other outside party caused your injury, we can pursue that claim while protecting your workers’ compensation benefits.

Put Your Claim in Strong Hands With a Greenburgh Public Servant Injury Attorney

Shulman & Hill can review your workers’ compensation claim, line-of-duty benefit issues, wage rate, medical proof, disability evaluations, and any claim against an outside party. If the carrier denies benefits, lowers your checks, sends you to an unfair IME, or pressures you back to work too soon, we can step in and respond with evidence.

Contact us today for a free consultation. We will explain what deadlines apply, what benefits may be available, and what we can do to move your claim forward. New York, We Got You.