Permanent scarring and disfigurement can cause physical discomfort and a financial strain in a time of increased stress. A worker, however, may be able to alleviate some of this anxiety. The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act allows an injured worker to collect specific loss benefits for permanent scars and disfigurement. A “specific…
Nearly every victim of a work-related injury wants to know one thing: what is my case worth? Determining a case’s value is a complicated and an extremely individualized process. Every case is different, and your injuries and how they affect you is the number one factor in determining what you…
The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act permits an employer to take a credit “for the payment of pension benefits to the extent funded by the employer directly liable for the payment of compensation.” For example, if the employer fully funded the injured York, Pennsylvania truck drivers’ Teamsters pension, the employer would…
Steve: I am often asked what are Pennsylvania workers’ compensation benefits are and injured workers’ are often not sure what benefits they are really entitled to. The Workers’ Compensation system is not a lawsuit against your employer. Rather, what it is is an administrative process, with the Workers’ Compensation Judge…
TO: ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Patient Name: _____________________ Date of Birth: _______________ SSN: ________________ Address: I authorize the disclosure of all protected medical information for the purpose of workers’ compensation proceedings. I expressly request that all health plans and all health care providers identified above disclose full and complete…
There are several types of Social Security Benefits available to individuals deemed “disabled” under the Social Security Act. The most common are as follows: Social Security Disability Benefits (RSDI or Title II Benefits) These benefits are available to disabled workers under retirement age who have earned a minimum number of quarters…
The application requires you to provide personal information regarding your address, age, marital status, and children, and requests various documents and background information about your work history and your medical condition. You will be asked to provide a list of the employers you have worked for over the past 15…
Prior to the recent amendments to the Workers’ Compensation Act, a doctor, hospital, or other medical provider who provided treatment to an employee who suffered a work-related injury, was free to charge any fee they wished, without limitation, as long as the treatment related to the work injury. Further, the…
If you are injured in an motor vehicle accident or involved in an accident which involves the “use or maintenance” of a motor vehicle while working for your employer and become disabled due to the work injury, you may be entitled to not only workers’ compensation wage loss benefits, but…
Most injured workers do not realize that they have a right to have their workers compensation benefits reinstated merely because they were laid off work from their job by their employer. If you were working under restrictions from a work injury at the time of lay off, you are automatically…
