Get Medical Help for Your Back Injury One of the most common injuries seen in our practice is the back injury. People hurt their backs in auto accidents, slips and falls, trips and falls, industrial accidents and truck accidents, just to name a few. Sometimes the injury is catastrophic, immediate and easy to link to […]
Occupational Lung Diseases Case Summary Widow awarded lifetime benefits for death of her husband partially caused by an occupational lung disease: Attorney Ben Costello was able to obtain lifetime workers’ compensation payments for a widow whose husband died from a combination of work-related and non work-related diseases. The widow’s husband was a 63-year-old former machine […]
Our law office often receives phone calls from injured workers who have been contacted by an insurance adjuster asking if the injured worker would like to settle their workers’ compensation claim. In some cases, the adjuster will even make an initial settlement offer. These injured workers ask us whether they really need an attorney to […]
Lately, we have received several calls from Pennsylvania workers who have hit their head at work. In many of these cases, the individuals said they had slight headaches afterward, but felt their pride was more wounded than anything else. These workers wondered whether it was really necessary to report the injury to their employer, particularly […]
Learn What Personal Injury Attorney Can Do for You. People often wonder, or even ask, “what can a personal injury attorney do for me?” The ultimate answer is maximize your recovery and be there for you every step of the way during a difficult, confusing and unfamiliar process. Most people who are injured by the […]
Most people understand that one of the most basic requirements with a work injury is to report it to their employer. However, even when an injury is reported, problems can still develop with what was or was not said at the time the injury was reported, or even with what was or was not said […]
Many people have conditions affecting their neck or back. Almost all of us have had some neck pain after sleeping the wrong way, or back pain after vigorous or heavy activity. Also, some people, as they age, develop degenerative or arthritic conditions of the spine that they do not even know about because no […]
Important Medical Facts About Concussions Here at Yablonski, Costello & Leckie, we have handled numerous cases involving individuals who have suffered concussions both on and off the job. While most of these injuries were the result of falls or auto accidents, there other types of accidents which can result in concussions. For instance, striking one’s […]
Medical Care of Torn Rotator Cuff at Work – Case Summary A settlement of $175,000, plus continued medical care for life-related to the torn rotator cuff at work, was negotiated by attorney Eric Betzner on behalf of one of his clients. The injured worker was a custodian at a school, where he had worked for […]
Understanding your Back Injury One of the most common injuries seen in our practice is the back injury. People hurt their backs in auto accidents, slips and falls, trips and falls, industrial accidents and truck accidents, just to name a few. Sometimes the injury is catastrophic, immediate and easy to link to the accident that […]
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