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Neighbor's dog already bit other people and my COBRA is ending - do I still have a case in Queens if I filed late?

A late dog-bite claim in Queens can still rise or fall on what you save immediately, especially when prior attacks, vanishing witnesses, and expiring health coverage are all in play.

ARTICLE by Michael Chen

workers comp is saying that three-month treatment gap in Queens means your lung disease "wasn't serious"

A Queens overnight security guard with silicosis can still have a workers' comp case even if the carrier is waving around a three-month treatment gap like it ends everything.

ARTICLE by Priya Sharma

Eight months later, that Queens stair fall can still be an open claim

A pregnant EMT in Queens may still have a workers' comp case months after a stair fall, but the dates, medical records, and who knew what when matter a lot.

ARTICLE by Carmen Ortiz

I already had a bad back before that Queens fall - now what?

A Queens senior fell at a business, the insurer found an old back MRI, and now they're acting like every bit of pain was there before.

ARTICLE by Michael Chen

A mistake involving the device placed in your body can change the value of a claim in a big way, because it may lead to another surgery, more medical bills, lost income, and...

retained foreign body

How does something get left inside a patient after surgery, and what does that mean? It means a sponge, instrument piece, needle fragment, drain part, or other object stayed in...

Got hurt off duty, and now your old photos are being used against you

A Queens firefighter working a warehouse job can wreck a shoulder from repetitive overhead lifting, then get blindsided when old social posts are twisted into "evidence" that nothing is wrong.

ARTICLE by Carmen Ortiz

My Queens skull fracture claim is getting trashed over old gym photos from before the fall

A Queens dental hygienist with a serious head injury is getting hit with the oldest insurance trick around: pretending old social media posts say more than CT scans and treatment records.

ARTICLE by Colleen Murphy

Why is the insurance company dragging out my kid's Queens injury claim?

The biggest money mistake in New York is missing the 30-day No-Fault application deadline or, if a city agency is involved, the 90-day Notice of Claim deadline. After a Queens...

informed consent for surgery

Permission for surgery is only valid when the patient is told the key risks, benefits, and reasonable alternatives in a way they can actually understand. "Permission" means...

wrong-site surgery

A preventable surgical error where a doctor operates on the wrong body part, the wrong side of the body, the wrong level of the spine, or even the wrong patient. Examples are...

What happens if I wait to get therapy after a Queens winter crash?

The biggest money loss is waiting so long that insurance says your PTSD, anxiety, or depression came from something else. If this was a car crash in Queens - black ice on the...

time-out procedure

You just got a letter that says the surgical team failed to complete the "time-out procedure" before an operation. That means there may have been no final pause, or an...

Boss made me use my insurance after a Queens work injury, am I too late?

As of July 1, 2024, New York's maximum weekly workers' comp rate increased to $1,171.46. The insurance company will still tell you the same old garbage: you waited too long,...

laparoscopic conversion

What trips people up most is that switching from a minimally invasive operation to an open surgery is not automatically a mistake. A laparoscopic conversion happens when a...

surgical site infection

You may see it in an operative report, discharge summary, pathology note, or a follow-up call after surgery: "concern for infection at the incision," "post-op wound infection,"...

How long can I wait to report a Queens work injury without losing my job?

"When did you first know you were hurt?" That is the adjuster's next question, and your answer matters because they use delay to argue the injury was minor, happened somewhere...

intraoperative injury

An injury that happens during a medical procedure, usually while surgery is actively being performed, is called an intraoperative injury. That can include damage to an organ,...

My sister got hurt in a Queens Uber crash, what evidence should I save now?

The worst mistake people make is waiting a week and assuming the app, the police, or the insurance company will save everything for them. They will not. In Queens summer crash...

My nurse friend crashed on the LIE, does New York no-fault have a 30-day deadline?

Since New York raised its minimum auto liability limits in 2023, more people assume insurance got simpler. It did not. Yes - your friend usually has just 30 days from the crash...