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Workers Com­pen­sa­tion Questions

Answers to your Questions

This would likely fall under worker’s com­pen­sa­tion laws, as the ben­e­fits paid would be from the worker’s com­pen­sa­tion insur­ance afforded by your spouses’ employer. How­ever, in addi­tion to the com­pen­sa­tion claim there MAY be a wrongful death claim IF the death was due to someone OTHER THAN your spouse’s employer or co-employee. An expe­ri­enced per­sonal injury attorney can help you deter­mine what types of claims you might have.

It is unlikely. Nor­mally, the worker’s com­pen­sa­tion act only applies when an injury arises out of and in the course of employ­ment. Get­ting to and from work would not be covered.

Yes, the offi­cial web­site is at: http://www.wcb.state.ny.us/index.htm and there is a good intro­duc­tory pam­phlet at: http://www.wcb.state.ny.us/content/main/workers/wc06002.htm.

Please see our web­page on Workers’ Com­pen­sa­tion for more infor­ma­tion and also check out our Workers Com­pen­sa­tion Glos­sary of terms by clicking here.