Questions we frequently get when an injured worker is cleared to return to work on light or modified duty are: “Do I have to accept this light duty job at a charity? Do I have to take a job that is nothing like my regular work?” For example, imagine this hypothetical story: A truck driver […]
A client recently contacted us after a relatively minor work-related injury. He didn’t miss much time from his primary job, and his employer was covering his ongoing medical care while he worked in a modified light duty position during recovery. At first, he simply had a few general questions about how the workers’ compensation process […]
One Client’s Story: When Trying Not to “Rock the Boat” Becuase You are Hurt At Work Backfires At YCL Law, we recently helped a client from Western Pennsylvania who had been dealing with worsening back pain after a minor lifting injury on the job. Because he didn’t want to rock the boat at work, he […]
Yes — if you’re injured on the job after a medical event like a seizure, fainting spell, or another health-related incident, you may still qualify for workers’ compensation benefits in Pennsylvania. Many injured employees don’t realize that workers’ compensation often applies even when a medical condition contributes to the injury. Case Overview: A Truck Driver’s […]
If you are partially or totally disabled due to a work-related injury, your Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation rate – the amount that you will be paid – is of critical importance. Despite this, most people have little understanding of what their compensation rate should be, and often simply accept that what the Workers’ Compensation insurance carrier […]
Workplace Back Injuries Work-related back injuries are one of the most common types of workplace injuries, accounting for approximately 1/3 of all work-related injuries each year. Back pain can be caused by a single event, such as slipping and falling, or lifting something that is too heavy. However, back pain can also be caused by […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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