Workers’ Compensation

Remember that the 12th Annual Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Conference presented by The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is rapidly approaching. This year’s event will be held at the Hershey Lodge & Convention Center, Hershey, PA on June 10-11, 2013. If your loved one is killed, or you are injured, in a Pennsylvania work accident, you need to […]

Accidents in the workplace can take many forms, but many people fail to think about the potential hearing loss that can occur in occupations that are exposed to high levels of noise. Working in extremely loud environments over a long period of time can leave a person with permanent hearing loss; something they may not […]

In Pennsylvania, the law requires that most employers carry workers’ compensation insurance; this includes all employers who have one or more employees, whether full-time or part-time, including family members. When an employer has proper workers’ compensation insurance, it will cover any medical and wage-loss benefits for employees who are injured on the job. That coverage […]

Dale Lamar Martin from Manheim Township is the corporate head of Conrad Enterprises in Cornwall, and he’s in quite a bit of trouble with the police after some shady business practices were uncovered. If you are having problems with your employer after being injured at work, you need to speak with a good Harrisburg workers’ compensation […]

On-the-job accidents happen all the time in Pennsylvania, and, unfortunately, some also result in death. That is what happened to an employee recently at an industrial plant in Bucks County.  If you have been injured in a workplace accident, you need a good workers’ compensation attorney. Harrisburg lawyers at the law firm of Schmidt Kramer have […]

Regardless of your job or the industry you work in, there’s always going to be someone that suffers a workplace injury. These injuries can range from things like carpal tunnel syndrome, all the way to brain trauma, or even death. Pennsylvania’s Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Claims Management Division released a report in 2010 that detailed […]

Posted on Feb 20, 2013 Attached is a copy of a recent trial court opinion in a case involving a worker’s compensation insurer that filed its own independent third party claim seeking to recover medical bills it paid as a result of a accident involving an employee and a third party where the employee did […]

Nothing is worse than losing a loved one to a work-related injury or occupational disease. In addition to the emotional pain and loss, your family will suffer financially, especially if the deceased was the main breadwinner. A work-related accident that causes the death of a loved one is devastating both emotionally and financially. If you […]

Pennsylvania employers carry workers’ compensation insurance to cover employees who become sick or injured on the job. This insurance provides timely financial assistance to injured workers in the form of medical and wage replacement benefits. Pennsylvania workers’ compensation law clearly details some benefits, such as specific loss benefits, which are paid to a worker who […]

Specific loss benefits are paid when a worker is severely injured and suffers amputation or loss of function of a specific body part. The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act lists specific loss injuries and the number of weeks in which healing and specific loss benefits will be paid for each injury. Healing benefits are paid first. […]