UTILIZATION REVIEW: A METHOD THAT WORKERS’ COMPENSATION INSURANCE COMPANIES USE TO AVOID PAYING BENEFITS You learn that your medical treatment is under utilization review. What exactly does that mean? Should you be concerned? Pennsylvania...
October 23, 2023
Generally speaking, an injured worker who receives workers’ compensation benefits in Pennsylvania cannot sue his or her employer for causing a workplace accident. However, there are situations where an injured worker may file a...
October 19, 2023
When you have suffered an injury caused by someone else’s negligence, how do you about seeking compensation for it? Who pays for your medical bills, and who is responsible for the earnings you lose...
September 15, 2023
After an employee suffers a work-related injury in Pennsylvania, if the employer does not voluntarily accept the injury and files appropriate documents with the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, the usual next step is for...
August 22, 2023
In cases where we win a decision on behalf of an injured worker, the employer/insurer often files an appeal to the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board. That appeal is due 20 days from the date...
August 19, 2023
When an employee suffers a work-related injury and is unable to work, they should start to receive workers’ compensation benefits immediately. But it doesn’t always happen. While the PA Workers’ Compensation Act is a...
August 9, 2023
The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act and its Regulations discourage repeated continuances or postponements of hearings. Experienced workers’ compensation attorneys should be retained by clients to file claim petitions for workers’ compensation benefits in Pennsylvania....
July 28, 2023
In Terry Brown vs. WCAB (City of Philadelphia), No 154 CD 2022, Justice Patricia A. McCullough, in a Memorandum Opinion for the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania on July 26, 2023, wrote that Act 111...
July 18, 2023
Some clients are reluctant to notify their employers that they have suffered a work-related injury. They may assume that they will soon recover or that their employer may be angry with them if they...
