Category: PA Workers’ Compensation

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...