PHILADELPHIA AREA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAWYER
What can happen after you file a workers’ compensation claim?
If you suffered an injury on the job, do you need to foot the bill for your medical care or does your employer? Well, that depends. Workers' compensation coverage is a type of insurance that your employer purchases to cover job-related injuries among employees. It's...
Why lawyers and insurance workers seem to speak another language
If you have recently suffered an injury at work or gotten diagnosed with a work-related illness, you might need to file a claim for workers' compensation benefits. Whether you had to call your health care insurance company to figure out why they wouldn't cover the...
A tingling sensation in your arms could be a sign of future work issues
Maybe you work as a welder at construction sites and have recently noticed a strange but not painful tingling in your arms before lunch and then again toward the end of the day. Perhaps you work in a factory, and you started to experience tingling when you grip,...
What happens to a factory worker too hurt to continue their job?
People working in manufacturing are at higher-than-average risk for a workplace injury. Statistics from 2019 indicate that 15% of all reported non-fatal workplace injuries and work-acquired illnesses involved someone working in manufacturing. Of those workers, about...
Who picks your doctor when you have a workplace injury in PA?
The relationship between you and your doctor is important, particularly when you’re injured and that injury affects your ability to work. Unfortunately, the workers’ compensation system in Pennsylvania gives employers the right to pick their injured workers’ treating...
Consider different payment arrangements for workers’ compensation
If you get hurt on the job, you may want to seek out workers’ compensation. One thing that many people don’t realize about workers’ compensation is that you may be able to seek a lump-sum payout instead of accepting weekly benefits. Lump-sum benefits work well for...
Here’s how your boss puts you in danger
In an ideal situation, your boss would be just as worried about keeping you safe as you are. They would never do anything to put you at risk, and you would always feel like the two of you were working together to avoid injuries. Nothing, not even production numbers,...
Not all workplace injuries and fatalities happen at the job site
When talking about worker safety, the focus is usually on the job site. For instance, with falls being a major cause of injury, people will focus on the use of ropes and harnesses on scaffolding, on the importance of choosing the right ladder and on the risks that...
Heading to your Social Security Disability Hearing? Read this first
Your Social Security Disability (SSD) claim was denied -- then, denied again. You filed for a hearing in front of an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) and waited months for your chance to plead your case. The last thing you want to do is to let a simple mistake ruin...
Why you shouldn’t ignore the pain in your joints while you work
A certain amount of physical discomfort is natural when you work a physically demanding job. Whether you provide custodial and maintenance services for a local business or you work on the line at an industrial facility, your feet, arms and back may be sore by the end...
