Been sitting on my work injury for months – am I too late?
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2026 3:31 am
I hurt my knee pretty bad last fall working at a auto shop near Catskill, but I never reported it officially because my boss said he'd cover the doctor visit out of pocket and I didn't want to cause trouble. Fast forward to now, my knee still gives out on me sometimes, and the boss is pretending he never promised anything. I've been kicking myself for not filing a claim back then, and now I'm worried I waited too long to do anything. I finally started looking into my options and realized I probably need an injured worker attorney Catskill NY just to figure out if I still have a case or if the deadline already passed. Has anyone here filed way after an injury happened and still gotten somewhere? I found a local law firm's website that talked about statute of limitations, but I'm still confused about whether the clock starts on the date of the injury or when I realized it was serious. Any advice from someone who's been in this late-filing boat would mean a lot.