Hannah Knab focuses her legal practice on workers’ compensation defense of employers and insurance carriers, handling workers’ compensation cases from inception to resolution.
Hannah joined the firm with a background in criminal litigation. She understands that each claim is unique and deserves care and attention to detail to yield successful results.
Hannah Knab (Associate-New York, NY) and Jeremy Buchalski (Partner-New York, NY) knew the claim against our carrier client was fraudulent from the beginning, but they had to overcome some obstacles to get there. The claimant, an employee of the insured, alleged that he was injured using a jackhammer that struck him in the mouth and chin. He was taken from the jobsite by ambulance and seen at the hospital on the day of the accident and reported the same history. He later claimed he also injured his neck, back, and both shoulders in addition to experiencing post-traumatic headaches and TMJ. Through their investigation with the claimant's employer, Hannah and Jeremy were able to prove that he never worked on Sunday, the jobsite was closed that day, and he was picked up outside of the jobsite. Finally, our witness provided testimony that the claimant, a plumber, would not have used a jackhammer. The New York Workers’ Compensation Board found our witness more credible and dismissed the claim, a finding that was upheld on appeal.
Hannah Knab and Jeremy M. Buchalski
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