I know the people who caused my injury and I don't want to harm them financially. Is there anything I can do?

Employers, manufacturers, owners of property, product suppliers, contractors, etc., purchase liability insurance for exactly these reasons. Therefore, if you file a third party lawsuit it almost never means that they will personally be dragged into court or left destitute.

If The Firm were to sue your employer, it would probably be in a workers' compensation claim - for which employers are usually required by law to have insurance. If an employer concealed your injury and then continued to expose you to a hazard and therefore aggravated the injury, then an employee is permitted to file a lawsuit other than a workers' compensation claim. Employers should have liability insurance for this eventuality.

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