A 38-year-old construction worker suffered an accidental injury to his right hand in 2011 when a co-worker stepped on his hand during the course of their employment. As a result of this industrial accident, the injured worker collected weekly workers’ compensation awards as directed by the New York State Workers’ Compensation Law Judge for over 9 years post-injury totaling well over $100,000.00 in payments for lost wages. Additionally, he received full coverage for medical care related to the injury such as pain management for RSD and the orthopedic injury to his hand. He retained our firm to assist him with his workers’ compensation disability related claim for lost time from work and authorization for medical care for treatment for the injury on the job. In 2021 he was awarded an additional New York Workers’ Compensation settlement per WCL Section 32 in a lump sum of $201,500.00 for future lost wages, with causally related medical still remaining open for his lifetime subject to the NYS Workers’ Compensation medical treatment guidelines, fee schedule, and drug formulary.