It’s rare that you must pay back your workers’ compensation benefits. In most instances, if the insurance company feels you have broken any of their rules for receiving compensation, they will simply deny your claim or stop your payments. This…
If you are injured on the job in Pennsylvania, you depend on workers’ compensation benefits to take care of your medical expenses. If you have surgery coming up, but your claim is rejected, you may be afraid of the consequences…
After you experience a work injury, you may recover well enough so that you feel able to go back to work at a less strenuous job than the one you worked at when you were injured. You may be wondering,…
After suffering a serious workplace injury, the last thing you want to hear is that your employer refuses to file a workers’ compensation claim on your behalf. If you are in this situation, you may wonder, Can I sue my…
In most cases, suing a company for negligence may not be possible if you are a worker and the company is your employer. That is because the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act requires most workers to pursue claims through the workman’s…
If you were re-injured after returning to work, you should see a doctor and notify your employer of the injury. This is true even if you are already receiving workers’ comp and only returned to work on light duty or…
Employer’s liability insurance covers the cost of a lawsuit if an employee sues their employer over a work injury or occupational disease. Workers’ compensation insurance provides benefits, such as wage replacement and medical care payments, to eligible workers who suffer…
A work injury does not just impact your ability to work; it can also keep you from bringing in the income you need to support your family. Programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (also called food stamps) and Temporary…
Navigating the Pennsylvania workers’ compensation benefits process can be overwhelming. Under Pennsylvania law, employees participate in an additional impairment rating evaluation after they receive a cumulative total of 104 weeks of benefits payments. The goal of the evaluation is to…