Can I file a lawsuit even if I’m collecting workers comp?

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Absolutely you can. In New York State workers comp in no way prevention from filing a lawsuit against entities other than your employer. Now you won’t able to bring your case directly against your employer but in New York State on construction sites, you have the right to sue the general contract, if there’s a general contract on the site and were the owner of the property so workers compensation is not gonna be a bar in anyway against those entities when we arrive or approve violations of the law against them.

So I know you ask if they cause you accident, in some cases they may not even have to have cause you accident but you still have the right to proceed against them so workers comp is not a bar. You should continue with your workers comp claim. Make sure that you get your current payment so you can go about your life in best way possible and the lawsuit will take care of itself overtime.

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