The case-law brain. Answers from a cited library.
A map of New York workers' compensation case law, built into the AI that answers your questions. Binding Third Department decisions are built into the AI, Board Panel decisions are a persuasive tool it reaches for, the statutes are quoted word for word, and any citation that isn't in the library is removed before you see it.
The map on this page is an illustration, and no case is named here. The answers are in the Pro Workspace.
In the library: binding Third Department decisions and persuasive Board Panel decisions on this topic, grouped by sub-issue, with the statutes they turn on.
Answers now for Pro and Firm plan membersWhat the library holds
Two demonstrations, recorded.
The map, as it runs on this page. Then a scripted demonstration of asking the brain a question: the statute is real and quoted word for word; the citations are hidden on purpose, because the case law is for Pro and Firm plan members.
The map: turn it, fly to a topic, filter by court
What this recording shows
- The brain turns in 3D: topic stars, with smaller stars for sub-issues and decisions, and the statutes in gold.
- A drag turns it by hand, and choosing a topic flies the camera to that topic and dims the rest.
- The 2D button lays the same stars out as a flat map, and 3D folds them back into the brain.
- The court filter shows only Third Department decisions, then only Board Panel decisions, then both.
Ask the brain · Demonstration
Demonstration — available to Pro and Firm plan members. Scripted for this page: no answer was generated, and the citations are hidden.
What this recording shows
- A question is typed: when does an injured worker have to give the employer written notice?
- The map flies to the notice topic while the answer is assembled.
- The answer quotes Workers' Compensation Law § 18 word for word.
- Citation chips for Third Department and Board Panel decisions appear, blurred: on the public site no case is named.
Built so it can't make up a case.
Binding law, built in
Binding Third Department and Court of Appeals decisions are part of the AI's working context for every question, so each answer starts from the law that binds the Board.
Board decisions, as a persuasive tool
Board Panel decisions are a tool the AI looks up when they help, and every one it cites is labelled persuasive.
The citation guardrail
Before you see an answer, every case, citation and statute section in it is checked against the library. Anything that isn't there is removed, and a Board decision stays only if the AI actually looked it up.
The statutes, word for word
255 sections of the Workers' Compensation Law, 12 NYCRR and related law, held as their verbatim text, so a quoted section is the Legislature's wording, not a paraphrase.
The topic map
46 topic areas, from § 114-a to SLU, each with its sub-issues and decisions, so the brain finds the law the way a practitioner files it.
Third Dept or Board, at a touch
Show the binding decisions, the Board Panel decisions, or both, on the map.
Caution notes
Decisions in the library carry caution notes from the attorneys who built it, and the brain passes them along with the case.
Who gets it
Pro and Firm plan members, firm staff included, get the brain's answers: case names, citations, holdings, caution notes and the statutes. The opinion PDFs and full text stay with the firm library they came from.
Private by design
No WCB case numbers and no claimant names from client files. The library was scrubbed of firm and client material before it was loaded, and the guardrail removes any WCB number that turns up in an answer.
Available now
Pro and Firm plan members, firm staff included, ask the brain in the Pro Workspace: open a case and choose Case law. This page shows an illustration and recordings; the answers are in the workspace.
Pro Workspace → Case lawFour steps, every time.
Your question
Ask in plain words, the way you'd ask a colleague down the hall.
The binding law
The answer starts from the binding decisions and the statutes already in the brain's context.
The persuasive tools
Where it helps, the AI looks up Board Panel decisions and reads statute sections word for word.
The guardrail
Every citation is checked against the library. What isn't in the library never reaches you.
Quoted, not paraphrased.
The brain reads statute sections from their verbatim text, with the section number, so what it quotes is the Legislature's wording and you can check it against the source in seconds.
The case law itself is for Pro and Firm plan members, in the Pro Workspace.
Notice of an injury or death for which compensation is payable under this chapter shall be given to the employer within thirty days after the accident causing such injury, and also in case of the death of the employee resulting from such injury, within thirty days after such death.Workers' Compensation Law § 18 (excerpt) · NY Senate Open Legislation
Ask it in the Pro Workspace today.
The case-law brain, the calculators, fee applications, import from Claude, Doc Lab e-sign and voice are all in the Pro Workspace. The brain's answers are for Pro and Firm plan members.