I was hoping someone here could help me understand what's going on because I feel like I'm starting from scratch again. I got hurt at work about a year ago, a repetitive stress thing in my wrists from years of doing the same motion on an assembly line. My case was being handled locally and everything seemed to be moving along okay, but last week I got a letter saying my case was being transferred to the workers' comp board in Albany and now I have a new case number and everything. I called the adjuster to ask what that meant and she gave me some vague answer about jurisdiction issues, but honestly it just sounded like she didn't want to explain it to me. I'm worried that this transfer is going to delay things even more or that I'm going to have to redo all the paperwork and appointments I've already been through. I've been trying to find a workers compensation attorney New York based who handles cases at the state level because I think I need someone who knows how this system works when things get moved around like this. Has anyone else had their case transferred to Albany? Did it cause a bunch of delays or was it pretty routine? I'm already frustrated with how slow this process has been and the last thing I need is to start over with a new office that doesn't know anything about my case. Any insight would be really helpful because I'm sitting here staring at this letter and I have no idea what my next move should be.
