Disability Benefits Compensate for Lost Wages If you miss time from work as a result of your work injury, you are entitled to wage loss benefits or “disability” benefits. There are 2 types of disability benefits: total and partial. If you are unable to work due to your work injury, you are entitled to total…
Continue reading…How much will you receive in workers’ compensation benefits?
A work injury causes major disruption to your life, including wage loss as a result of that injury. The PA workers’ compensation law is set up to pay you for wage loss resulting from your injury; however, you will not receive your full pay in workers compensation benefits. Workers compensation benefits provide a portion of…
Continue reading…WHAT TO EXPECT AT A WORKERS COMPENSATION HEARING – Part 1: Preparing for the Hearing
Your workers’ compensation attorney has filed a Petition to protect your rights to workers’ compensation benefits for your work injury, or perhaps your Employer has filed a Petition to terminate those rights. What should you expect? After a Petition is filed, your case will be assigned to a Workers’ Compensation Judge, and a Hearing will…
Continue reading…A Lancaster PA Workers Comp Lawyer Demystifies the Utilization Review Process
The Workers’ Compensation Act allows the workers’ compensation insurance company to seek review of the reasonableness and necessity of medical treatment for a work injury. It is called a Utilization Review. It is important to note that the review is limited to the reasonableness and necessity of the treatment. It is NOT a review of whether the…
Continue reading…Workers Comp Lawyers in Lancaster Pa Who Make Sure Nothing Gets Lost in Translation
I am always curious when I see lawyers advertise “Hablamos Espanol”. What does that really mean? Does it mean that the lawyer studied Spanish in high school? Does it mean that an interpreter is hired for the initial consultation? Does it mean that a staff person has a passable understanding of Spanish? It is an…
Continue reading…Payment of Medical Bills is not an Admission of Liability
I have represented many individuals over the years who come to the office under the mistaken impression that their work injury is “covered” because the worker’s compensation insurance company has paid medical bills related to the claim. This situation typically occurs when someone is hurt at work and continues to work often in a light…
Continue reading…Disfigurement and the Workers Compensation Act
A client came to see me not long ago with scarring on her hand from a work injury. Mercifully, she was back to work and without discomfort but she was left with some unsightly scarring on her hand. She asked if the law provides compensation for the disfigurement. In Pennsylvania only disfigurement of the head,…
Continue reading…Injuries While Commuting to or from Work
I am often asked whether an injury sustained in an accident while commuting to or from work is compensable under the Workers Compensation Act. The answer is complicated. Very generally, injuries sustained while commuting to or from work ARE NOT covered under the Worker’s Compensation Act. So, if a person gets hurt in an accident…
Continue reading…This is What Real Courage Looks Like
This is not a typical post for my Workers Compensation blog, but it shows real courage and loyalty on the part of 4 men. I recently represented the widow of a good man who died in a work related accident. He was an undocumented worker from Mexico. He was in the United States working in…
Continue reading…Jeffrey A. Mills, Esquire Of It’s What We Do, Named As ‘Best Of Lancaster’ In The Worker’s Compensation Category
It’s What We Do (http://www.ItsWhatWeDo.com) is pleased to announce the selection by Susquehanna Style Magazine of Partner Jeffrey A. Mills, Esquire, as the Best of Lancaster Worker’s Compensation Lawyer. The annual Susquehanna Style Magazine Best of Lancaster Edition is published every December and includes the Select Lawyers of Lancaster 2016. The Susquehanna Valley’s 2016 Select…
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