Call your workers' compensation lawyer. He or she will file a Penalty Petition and assert that the Defendant has violated the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act by failing to pay your indemnity (wage loss) benefits...
September 3, 2007
You want to settle your case, but the insurance company isn't offering enough money. What do you do? Well, one option is mediation- a meeting with a Workers' Compensation Judge, the defense attorney, your...
August 5, 2007
Labor Market Surveys in Pennsylvania serve as a tool for insurers to modify or suspend an injured worker's wage loss benefits, by proferring evidence that the worker has an earning power, based upon identified...
July 6, 2007
Not always. My take is that a claimant may be released to full duty by their doctor, but this doesn't equate to being symptom free. Being able to perform one's job without medical restrictions...
June 7, 2007
An injured worker in Pennsylvania (and I'm sure every other state) will often suffer from angry, disgruntled, cynical, co-worker retaliation. This happens for a myriad of reasons. Sometimes, the co-workers do not believe that...
May 16, 2007
Ranger For A Cure was recently started by my friend, Christopher Young- an Army Ranger who has served our country two times in Iraq. Chris was recently diagnosed with thyroid cancer, but is on...
May 9, 2007
This is the text of my article which was just published in the Legal Intelligencer- Our Nation's Oldest Legal Journal. The Pennsylvania Compromise & Release Agreement- May The Witness Be Excused? The Legal Intelligencer...
May 1, 2007
In the vast majority of cases, an injured worker in Pennsylvania does not pay any up front legal fees. Instead, if his attorney recovers wage loss benefits, then the attorney is awarded a 20%...
April 15, 2007
I represent injured workers in Pennsylvania. In addition, I represent doctors and other medical providers, in getting their medical bills paid by the work comp insurers.The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act has specific requirements that...
