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https://youtu.be/iNd0j7uC2iw Workers compensation in Pennsylvania is a no-fault system that provides benefits to injured workers who are injured on the job. The system provides wage loss benefits for time missed from work, medical benefits for reasonable, necessary and related medical expenses. As well as some other benefits in certain limited circumstances. When you're injured, the...

https://youtu.be/wfbvm3OTomU No one plans to get injured at work when they wake up in the morning but, if an injury happens it's good to know the procedures and steps to take in case something like that were to occur. Number one, if the injury is serious, you need to get a medical treatment immediately. Get...

Workers compensation covers any and all injuries sustained within the course and scope of one's employment. The benefits provided under workers' compensation are generally wage loss benefits for time missed from work and medical benefits which covers any and all reasonably necessary and related medical treatment. There are also other benefits which apply in certain...

If you're asking yourself whether or not you need a personal injury lawyer or a worker's compensation lawyer or any type of lawyer, the best advice I can give you is pick up the phone and call. We can answer questions over the telephone free of charge and certainly would encourage you to schedule an...

Workplace safety is of the utmost importance in every industry and a worker's rights are protected by regulations put in place by the Occupational Health and Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Taking effect on January 1st, 2017, new regulations were put in place to improve the tracking of incidents and injuries, in addition to clarifying...

The way Pennsylvania workers compensation law is written there is not a specific settlement amount or payment amount based on the different type of injury that you've sustained. Workers' compensation in Pennsylvania is designed to protect your right to wage laws benefits for as long as any particular injury keeps you out of work but...

The laws have just been changed to benefit injured workers to take away any arbitrary cap on how long you can remain on workers' compensation. Before that Supreme Court decision, there was an arbitrary limit of 500 weeks. Regardless of whether or not you remain disabled or out of work because of your injury at...

Pennsylvania workers' compensation laws are very limited, in terms of what you're entitled to recover. The way the laws are written, wage loss and medical bills are covered, pain and suffering is not. That's not to say that at some point, you can't receive a lump sum as compensation for your injury, and that lump...

When you're injured on the job, the workers' compensation insurance company is responsible to pay your medical expenses for any reasonable and necessary medical treatment you need related to your work injury, as well as your lost wages. There are sometimes questions as to what defines reasonable and necessary medical treatment. Essentially, if your doctor...

Being tired at work is more than a mere inconvenience. It also increases the risk of causing workplace accidents. Fatigue-related workplace accidents do not only injure tired workers: unsuspecting coworkers are also put in danger - as are members of the public who happen to be in the area.  The exclusive remedy provisions of workers'...