Pennsylvania Workers Comp Lawyers
By law, it is required that every company in Pennsylvania carry Worker's Compensation Insurance in the case an employee is injured on the job, becomes ill due to circumstances surrounding their job or even if death results from their job. Benefits can include medical expenses, lost wages and death benefits. Workers' compensation exists both as a way to benefit injured workers and as a way to protect employers. Workers' compensation is a no-fault insurance system, which means that no guilt needs to be proved in a case; only that the injury sustained occurred while on the job.
Any worker who has sustained an injury arising out of and in the course of their employment has a potential workers' compensation claim. The injury can occur while traveling on business, doing a work-related errand, attending a required business-related social function, or even while on a break or using restroom facilities and you are still legally covered by workers compensation.
Some types of workers' compensation injures are:
- Construction Injuries: Construction companies are notoriously complicated when it comes to making claims, which is why it is so important to have a strong defense on your side.
- Repetitive Stress to a Body Part: Many jobs require that the same motions be done repetitively, causing stress to a certain part of the body. Studies have proved that these types of motions can cause long term complications.
- Environmental Hazards: Industrial waste, nuclear facilities, asbestos concentration, military dumps, building sites and many other areas have high concentrations of hazardous materials, which is why every worker should be sufficiently protected.
Whether your injury was a simple slip and fall, or involves serious injuries and property damage, Cherry, Fieger & Marciano can help you. Our dedicated and experienced work injury lawyers will do everything possible to get the monetary compensation that is owed to you to help pay for medical bills, physical therapy, loss of work and more.