Legal Question in Workers Comp in New York

Two insurance carriers are fighting over me-neither one wants me.

While working for a skilled nursing facility I sustained a back injury. The insurance carrier for my employer paid for my therapy, etc.

That business was taken over by another health care corporation with its own carrier. I reinjured my back and required physical therapy, which the old carrier paid for.

When I began to have symptoms recently related to the back injury, I had another CT scan of my back which showed the same condition with little change. However, now the old carrier insists that this is a NEW injury, while the new carrier believes it is a recurrence of the old one. A hearing was held and the judge found that the old carrier was responsible. They appealed which took a year, and the decision was vacated without prejudice. Now I am waiting for another hearing. In the meantime, no PT will touch me, because they won't get paid, and my medical insurance will not pay, because it is a comp case. I contacted the comp ''guru'' here, and they weren't interested, probably because there was no money involved for them, just a principle. My question is, do I have any way at all of forcing one of the carriers to pay in a timely manner? I am caught in the middle and nobody cares. Thank you.

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