Category: PA Workers’ Compensation

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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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June 6, 2023

If you think your work injury case is concluded because you have started to receive your benefits checks regularly, think again. Your employer’s insurer is trying to save as much money as possible. To...

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May 15, 2023

One of the most common questions that our clients often ask us is: As an injured worker, how much money should I get from my employer’s workers’ compensation insurance carrier if I am not...

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April 20, 2023

When most of us think about “work injuries”, we think about accidents that happen while at the workplace. However, in 1972, the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act eliminated the requirement of an accident and instead...

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April 13, 2023

As the Boston Marathon approaches here in mid-April, it selfishly stirs up some incredible feelings. It was the Spring of 1994 at Boston College, as a sophomore, when the legions of runners ran through...

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