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In 1914, New York State passed the Workers’ Compensation Law to provide deserving, injured workers with fair wage replacement benefits and prompt medical care for their work-related injuries. But the law has been changing – and not for the worker’s benefit. Because of recent and ongoing changes, you need a competent and experienced workers’ compensation law firm fighting for your rights – the Segar & Sciortino law firm in Rochester, New York.

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If you’ve been injured at work, contact our Rochester workers’ compensation attorneys. We will take the time to listen to your story and advise you on your rights. If your accident involved an unsafe product or caused you to be disabled, our lawyers can help you obtain additional compensation. Did you fall from a scaffold or ladder? Call us! If there are other claims associated with your injury at work (a car accident claim or a trucking accident claim, we can help get you the money you deserve.

You work hard. We work hard for you.

Why do you need a lawyer? The Workers' Compensation Board is now closing many cases without a hearing and sometimes without awarding the injured worker one dollar of compensation. The workers' compensation insurance companies don't and won't advise you of all of your rights and responsibilities under the Workers' Compensation Law. For example:

• You must file a claim within two years of your accident.
• You are entitled to full medical coverage for your accident for life, even if you leave your job or retire.
• Workers’ compensation does not pay for pain and suffering or loss of enjoyment of life, but you may be entitled to a monetary award (called a schedule loss of use award) even if you have not lost one minute of work.
• If you are earning less money compared to what you were earning before you got hurt, you may be entitled to weekly compensation checks even if you go back to work.
• The Workers' Compensation Board may close your case without a hearing. It is then your responsibility to provide medical evidence of a permanent injury.
• If you are in a work-related car accident, you can also claim no-fault insurance benefits. You may be also entitled to collect Social Security Disability.
• You cannot sue your employer for pain and suffering, even if your employer's carelessness caused your injury. However, if you are hurt at work due to someone else's fault, the manufacturer of a defective product, for example, you may be entitled to sue that responsible "third party" for your pain and suffering.
• If you fall from a ladder or scaffold while working at a construction site, the New York Scaffold Law  (Labor Law §240) provides you additional rights.

Why select the Segar & Sciortino law firm? Most of our clients come from word-of-mouth referrals from other satisfied clients, from other lawyers who are aware of our reputation, and doctors who have seen the results of our efforts on behalf of their patients. While a favorable result in one case does not guarantee a favorable result in the next, we are certainly proud of some of the extraordinary results we have accomplished for our clients.

The Segar & Sciortino workers’ compensation, Social Security Disability, and personal injury law firm provides workers compensation, labor law, on the job injury, and employee workplace accident legal services to clients in Western New York State around the Greater Rochester area and all of the outlying communities including Batavia, Hornell, Canandaigua, Geneseo, Mount Morris, Dansville, Macedon, Palmyra, Newark, Lyons, Geneva, Brockport, Albion, Medina and Warsaw.

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Located just off I-590 at the Winton Road exit. Free parking.

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