“The insurer's doctor said I was fine. I called from the parking lot and knew the next step before I got home.”
Dolores R.Forklift operator
Workers' compensation · Buffalo
Hurt at work. The insurer has a lawyer.
Get yours.
Raffaele Mancuso represents injured workers in Buffalo and Erie County: new injuries, denied claims, benefits that stopped, and claims against someone other than your employer. You talk to me, not a call center.
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Case costs, like medical reports, can be separate.
Raffaele Mancuso
Workers' compensation lawyer
I work alone on purpose, so the person who takes your first call is the one who stands up at your hearing.
Every claim I take starts the same way. I ask what you do for work, how you were hurt and what the doctor said. Then I read what the insurer has written about it, because that's the version your claim will be judged on. If it doesn't match yours, we fix that early.
My clients work in warehouses, on job sites, in hospitals, plants and trucks. Some were hurt in a moment and others wore down over years. Either way the claim is about the same three things: your medical care, the pay you've lost, and what you're left with.
What I take
- New work injuries
- Denied and cut-off claims
- Lasting injuries and disability benefits
- Claims against a third party
On the record
Who you'd be hiring, in writing
Where I'm admitted, where I appear and what I studied.
- Admitted
- New York2007U.S. District Court, Western District of New York2008
- Hearings
- Workers' compensation hearingsBuffalo and nearby countiesSupreme Court, Erie CountyThird-party claims
- Schooling
- J.D., University at Buffalo School of Law2006B.A., Niagara University2003
- Languages
- EnglishItalianconversational
Claims
Three kinds of claim, one lawyer on all of them
Pick the one that sounds like your week. Each page says what happens next.
New injuryHurt on the job
Report it, get treated and file before the insurer tells the story first. Falls, lifts, machines, and the kind of hurt that builds for years.
Hurt on the job
DeniedTold no
A denial letter, a doctor the insurer picked, checks that stopped. Each one has a road back to a hearing.
Told no
LastingHurt for good
When the injury leaves you with less than you had: lost function, lost pay, or work you can't go back to.
Hurt for good
Sample client notes
Said after the dust settled
“He read the whole file before our first meeting, including the parts I'd forgotten were in it.”
Marcus T.Roofer
“I didn't have to explain my back twice. He did that part at the hearing.”
Annette K.Home health aide
Each client's case is different. These sample notes don't promise or predict a result in yours.
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Put it in your own words
Two lines are enough: where you work, how you were hurt and what the insurer has said. I read every message myself.
Phone(716) 555-0143
HoursMonday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.