Common reasons for workers’ compensation denials

It’s crucial to file a claim for workers’ compensation benefits – immediately – after a work injury, especially if you cannot return to the job. Workers Compensation benefits are designed to replace lost income, pay for medical costs, pay for retraining if needed, compensate you for permanent injuries, or provide benefits to your loved ones…

Did you know? Fatalities are possible in just about every workplace at any time in Pennsylvania, but the construction industry, by far, loses more workers each year than any other sector. Nearly one out of every five workplace deaths happen on construction sites. Thousands of others receive injuries each year, ranging from minor cuts or…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports occupational health has transformed into a highly specialized field focused on detecting and eliminating chemical, physical, and biological hazards found in the workplace. This is critically important in the era of COVID- 19. At the core of this study, as well as workers’ compensation protections for…

When an accident occurs at work, the injured employee must act wisely to protect their best interests following the incident. One cannot take things for granted and assume the best possible outcome will arrive on its own. A victim needs an attorney to ensure that they are doing everything in their power to defend their…

Attorney Vince Quatrini was pleased to present at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Continuing Legal Education (“CLE”) course entitled “Interplay of Workers’ Compensation and 3rd Party Cases.” Vince serves as a 15x co-author of the biennial Workers’ Compensation Practice and Procedure manual produced by the PBI, and, as such, is considered an expert in all the…

Are you working for an agency and providing home health care? Are you the caregiver for your 87 year old mother, but getting paid through an agency? Have you signed a caregiver agreement acknowledging that you are not an employee of the agency, but rather what they call an “independent contractor?” If so, beware. The…

  According to a Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court decision, an injured worker does not have to treat with a panel physician for 90 days unless the injured worker: a) was given a list of six medical providers to choose from; and b) signed a document both at the time of hire and at the time of…

If you sustain a work injury, you should contact a lawyer immediately. Do not wait four months as you may have been led to believe by television advertisements. The longer you wait to contact a lawyer, the more difficult it may be to win your case. If you sustain an injury and the insurance company…

The healthcare industry is not only the fastest-growing sector of the U.S. economy, employing 18 million workers, but also one of the most dangerous. Did you know that healthcare workers are at the highest risk for work-related injuries, surpassing workers in the construction industry and the mining industry? Nurses and assistants/aides have the highest injury…