Tuesday, January 31, 2017

TIME LIMITS

There are five important time limits in New York Workers’ Comp:

1. Reporting an injury to your employer: thirty days (waiting longer can be excused by a judge in many cases)

2. Filing a C-3: two years from date of injury or disablement

3. Appealing or objecting to a judge or Board decision that you don’t like: thirty days

4. Reopening a case that has not been previously established in a decision by the Board: seven years to claim money

5. Reopening a case that has been previously established in a decision by the Board: eighteen years to claim money The bad news is bad things may happen if you miss the above time limits. Really bad things. The good news is there is no time limit to reopen an established case for treatment. (But remember, cases previously closed on a full and final Section 32 may never be reopened.)

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