Warrington Workers’ Comp Lawyer

Warrington Township is home to all kinds of businesses and industries, from asphalt production to pest control to plumbing to everyday shops and stores.  Workers in the area are often entitled to compensation directly from their employers for work injuries, regardless of who caused the accident.  Workers’ Comp claims can get injured employees compensation for their medical bills, lost earnings, and more, in some cases.

For help with a case, always work with an experienced attorney.  There are roadblocks that employers and insurance carriers can put up to try to stop employees from getting benefits, including requirements to undergo medical exams, to take depositions, and to put forth other expenses that injury victims often cannot afford without the backing of leveraged law firms like ours.  We can put up the expenses needed and get reimbursed by the carrier when we win your case – and we only get paid when you win.

For help with a work injury, call the Certified Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Lawyers at Cardamone Law by dialing (267) 651-7945.

How Lawyers Can Help with Workers’ Comp Claims in Warrington Township, PA

Workers’ Comp claims begin with you notifying your employer of the injury.  If you were injured in a work-related accident, they should accept that claim and start paying you the lost wages and medical benefits you need.  However, insurance carriers and employers often deny claims on whatever grounds they have – or they even ignore the law and just deny the claim or ignore the claim without a good faith reason.  This is where our lawyers come in.

Here are four of the biggest ways we can help with your case:

Fighting Insurance Carriers and Employers

Even if you have been through a Workers’ Comp claim before, the intricacies and procedures of the system are probably something you do not know much about.  The insurance carrier and your employer, however, often know exactly what levers to pull and what requests to make to slow down the process.  Then, they try to wait you out until you give up on your case.

Our lawyers can counter all of that.  We know this process better than most, given that we have special certifications allowing us to hold ourselves out as Certified Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Specialists, something that not every Pennsylvania Workers’ Comp attorney can do.  We know how to counter the insurance carriers’ demands, get the court to intervene, and overturn negative decisions and undue pressure.

Financial Leverage

Many of the ways the insurance carrier can challenge your case is by demanding medical exams and depositions – all things they have to pay for.  But when these investigative steps turn up evidence against you, we will need to schedule outside exams and depositions to provide evidence to counter negative findings.  This often means hiring medical experts and financial experts of our own to analyze your case and present reports to the court, as well as the expense of depositions.  Our firm is leveraged to pay these costs and then get reimbursed for these costs when we win your case.  Without a lawyer, it is often impossible for injured workers to cover these costs on their own.

Providing Advice to Protect Your Claim

Many workers do not know the ways that insurance carriers can twist the information you give them or the facts presented to try to shut down your case.  Our lawyers can help you collect the evidence you need to win your case, and we can help you avoid any unwarranted disclosures or improper phrasing that might make the judge suspicious or give the defendant ammunition against your case.

Managing Your Case

The initial filing is just the start of your case.  From there, there will be court dates, exam appointments, hearings, depositions, and more.  After your benefits are paid, there may even be additional times we will need to go back to court to get certain medical care approved, to get your benefits adjusted to partial benefits if you return to work, or even to get benefits turned back on if a return to work results in your condition getting worse and you having to go back on total disability.  We watch out for you every step of the way and help you with all of the parts of your case that we can.

Kinds of Injuries that Qualify for Workers’ Comp in Warrington

Workers’ Compensation covers any employees that could be injured in the course of their jobs.  These injuries can range from mild to serious, but you should be entitled to medical coverage any time the injury is work-related, and you should be entitled to wage-loss benefits any time the injury keeps you from working for more than 7 days.

Injuries are considered “work-related” if they occur while you are doing your job tasks.  This covers not only acute injuries like back injuries and hernias from lifting and broken bones and head trauma from falling, but it also covers repetitive stress injuries, smoke inhalation, chemical exposure, cancer, and more.  As long as the injury happened because of work conditions, Workers’ Comp should pay you, regardless of which coworker caused the injury, regardless of whether it was your employer’s fault, and regardless of whether you were the one who accidentally caused the injury yourself.

Injuries get you wage-loss benefits if they keep you from work for more than 7 days.  Some injuries are partially disabling if you can work to some extent while recovering, resulting in 2/3 of the difference between your old and new wages.  Injuries that are totally disabling make it impossible to work, whether on a temporary or permanent basis.  These injuries get 2/3 of your pre-injury wage until the injury stops being totally disabling, which might mean getting benefits forever.

Victims who suffer amputations, total loss, lost function, significant scarring, or lost sight or hearing can also receive additional “specific loss” benefits.

Call Our Warrington, PA Workers’ Comp Lawyers Right Away

If you suffered a work injury, call Cardamone Law’s Workers’ Comp attorneys at (267) 651-7945 for a free case review.