I'm in a bit of a unique situation and I'm hoping someone here can give me some perspective. I work a full-time job at a manufacturing plant in Rosendale, but for the last few years I've also been running a small handyman business on the weekends and evenings to help make ends meet and save up for my kids' college. About four months ago I got hurt at my main job, a bad shoulder injury that needed surgery, and I've been out of work ever since. The workers' comp claim for my main job is moving along okay, but here's where it gets complicated. I've had to stop doing my handyman work because of the shoulder, and I'm losing income from that too. The insurance company for my main job is telling me they only have to cover the wages I was losing from that job, not my side business. I understand why they're saying that, but it still hurts because that was a significant chunk of my income and now it's just gone. I've been looking for a work accident lawyer Rosendale NY to see if there's any way to argue that my total lost income should be considered since I can't do either job because of the injury that happened at the main one. Has anyone else been in this position where you had a second job or side business and got hurt at your main job? Were you able to get the insurance company to consider that lost income? I feel like I'm being punished for working hard and trying to provide for my family, and I'm not sure if there's anything I can do about it. Any advice would be really appreciated.