JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY – September 14, 2026 – Workers injured on the job in Queens often assume they can file a lawsuit against their employer, but New York law generally limits that option. Queens personal injury attorney Keetick L. Sanchez of K L Sanchez Law Office, P.C. (https://accidentlawyer-queens.com/blog/can-i-sue-my-employer-for-negligence/) has published a guide explaining when workers’ compensation is the exclusive remedy, when a separate lawsuit may still be available, and what injured workers should know about deadlines, denied claims, and uninsured employers.
According to Queens personal injury attorney Keetick L. Sanchez, most workplace injuries fall under the workers’ compensation system, which serves as the usual remedy against an employer under Workers’ Compensation Law § 11. “In most cases, an injured worker cannot sue an employer for ordinary negligence, even when carelessness contributed to the injury,” Sanchez explains. “The workers’ compensation system is designed as a no-fault process, so the focus shifts to whether the injury arose out of and in the course of employment.”
Queens personal injury attorney Keetick L. Sanchez notes that the exclusive remedy rule under Section 29(6) also limits negligence claims against coworkers and others in the same employment. The key question for injured workers, she observes, is whether an injury stays within workers’ compensation, creates a third-party claim against someone outside the employment, or allows a direct claim against an uninsured employer…