When you are injured on the job or because of someone else’s negligence, one of the first questions you may have is how to recover the money you need for medical treatment, lost wages, and other expenses. In many cases, your legal options fall into one of two categories: workers’ compensation or … [Read more...]
Is Your Injury Work-Related—Part One
Is Your Injury Work-Related? To succeed with a workers' compensation claim in Pennsylvania, you must show that you suffered an injury, and that the injury was "work-related," i.e., sustained during the course of your employment. In most instances, making that determination is relatively easy. If … [Read more...]
Workers’ Compensation for Occupational Illnesses
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Workers' compensation claims are not limited to traumatic injury and repetitive stress/repetitive motion injuries. Under the workers' compensation provisions of most, if not all, states, you can seek benefits if you have contracted an illness or disease because of exposure to certain substances in … [Read more...]
Construction Sites, Heavy Equipment and Your Safety: What Can You Do When Something Goes Wrong?
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More Than 70 Years of Combined Personal Injury Legal Help in Philadelphia and Allentown Heavy equipment is inherently dangerous. Period. No machine is immune from the possibility of malfunction. When heavy machinery fails to work properly, people near it usually suffer the risk of injury. The … [Read more...]