Firefighters hold an honored place in American life - for good reason. Police officers, they put their bodies and lives on the line every time they go on duty. Bruce Springsteen lauded this spirit of service in his notable song "Into the Fire," which was inspired by...
Not so many years ago, silica sand was not sought after by oil and gas companies. And the term "fracking" was not widely known. But then the oil industry perfected the process of forcing silica sand and water into cracks in the earth in order to bring up oil. This...
What is the relationship between workers' compensation benefits and Social Security Disability benefits? First of all, it's important to remember that the two types of benefits come from two quite different systems. Workers' compensation is generally a state-by-state...
In today's economy, more and more workers are contractors rather than full-time employees with benefits. What effect does this have on workers' compensation law in Pennsylvania? The Pennsylvania Supreme Court addressed this question in a recent case, Six L's Packing...
For an injured worker, the proper calculation of workers' compensation benefits is obviously very important. If you've been hurt on the job, you need enough money to cover your medical expenses and move forward with your life - despite the loss of income from your...
"No one should know how laws or sausages are made," the German statesman Otto von Bismarck once said. The wily chancellor was making a point about the ugliness that often underlies the political process. He was not referring to the importance of protecting and...
Workers' compensation is a very specific area of the law. This is true not only in Pennsylvania, but in each state's work comp system. It should scarcely be surprising, then, that workers' compensation law contains a concept known as "specific loss." The term refers...
The summer of 2012 has been brutally hot across most of the country. Northeastern Pennsylvania certainly has not been spared. The effects of such extreme heat are many. One of the most severe can be heat illness suffered on the job. Thousands of people become sick at...
At first glance, a hair styling salon does not seem like a place associated with workplace injury. After all, the equipment used isn't heavy. Scissors and barber sheers may be sharp, but they don't necessarily put workers at risk the way in the way that a construction...
If you have been injured in a workplace accident, should you accept a lump-sum settlement? Or is it better to receive payments over a period of time? This is something you will probably want to discuss with an attorney who is familiar with the process for Pennsylvania...