Maximum Medical Improvement and Your Rights
Workers’ compensation claims may seem simple at first glance. A worker is injured at work, he or she cannot work for a while and compensation is received until a return to work is possible. Simple, right?
Actually, workers’ compensation claims are often...
Bankruptcy Judge Shielded Workers Compensation Settlement
A worker broke his hip and settled the workers compensation claim related to the injury for $225,000 in workers compensation benefits and $72,742 placed into a Medicare set-aside account for future medical treatment. The worker used those funds...
Pennsylvania State Liquor Store Manager Awarded Workers Compensation Benefits the Second Time Around
Many Americans are injured on the job everyday. That is why most employers are required to carry some form of workers’ compensation insurance. Sometimes, a worker is injured in an unusual way and when he or she makes a claim for benefits it may...
Dog Bite on Break Leads to Workers’ Compensation Benefits
In Pennsylvania, an employee may be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits if he or she was injured during the course and scope of his or her employment. While during the course and scope of employment is a phrase that implies that...
Sugar plant accident highlights risks for temp workers
Factory work presents many risks for workers, depending on the setting and the type of work being done. Employers, of course, have the duty of ensuring their employees and temporary workers are adequately protected. As we frequently point out on this blog, though, employers don't always do this.
A recent accident at...
Worker misclassification results in denial of benefits
Workplace injuries can often be prevented, but sometimes injuries occur because of the carelessness of a fellow employee. An example of this type of accident is a permanent hand injury suffered by a Pennsylvania truck driver when employees of other companies failed to properly cap his pressurized tank and later failed to safely correct the...
PA court rules in favor of deceased worker’s claim
Employers are not always cooperative with workers' compensation claims and sometimes try to create barriers for an injured employee seeking recovery. One way of doing this is to claim that the employee's injury is not work-related. In cases where the injury clearly took place while the employee was on the job, the argument may...
Injured employees and the right to workers’ compensation
In a recent post, we commented that employers are well aware of the costs of workers' compensation claims and, because of the financial impact of such claims, aren't always supportive of the rights of injured employers. A recent article in Small Business Trends highlights this issue, and notes that companies may be able to...
Report shows workplace injuries to be costly
A recent report looking at workplace fatality statistics is a stark reminder of the risks some workers face every day on the job. The report, published by the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, found that an average of 4,628 workers died on the job in 2012, and that an estimated...