We Represent Injured Workers

Whether you are looking to establish your benefits or you are looking to resolve an existing claim with a settlement, we have the experience and resources to protect your interests and maximize your benefits. To learn more about the people our workers’ compensation attorneys represent in Bustleton and South Philly, see:

• Airline & airport workers
• City and state employees
• Commercial truck drivers
• Construction workers
• Crane Operators
• Dock workers
• Electricians
• Factory workers
• Firefighters
• Gas and Utility Workers
• Health Care Worker
• Highway Workers
• Industrial Workers
• Office Workers
• Plumbers
• Police Officers
• Public Employees
• Railroad Workers
• Restaurant and kitchen workers
• Roofers
• Medical and health care professionals
• Sanitation Workers
• Teachers
• Truck drivers
• Union workers
• Warehouse workers

The workers’ compensation system in Pennsylvania is here to help both employers and employees. Nearly every employee in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is entitled to workers’ compensation coverage. This means that they can receive compensation for their medical bills, lost wages, disability benefits, and more, regardless of how their injury in the workplace happened. There are very few exceptions that allow workers’ compensation benefits to be denied. In the case that you are receiving pension benefits or social security disability benefits, the amount of you worker’s compensation benefits may be affected. Work with a pension benefits attorney who also specializes in workers’ compensation to learn more.

When someone is injured in the workplace in Philadelphia, Bustleton, or South Philly, they are entitled to various benefits including the following:

• Medical expenses
• Travel expenses
• Temporary total disability (TTD) benefits
• Partial disability benefits
• Specific loss benefits
• Death benefits

At Gross & Kenny, LLP, we want to stress how important it is that you get your workers’ compensation claim filed on time. The workers’ comp law in Pennsylvania says that any injured worker should report the injury to their employer within 21 days, though they have up to 120 days in total to make their report. Overall, injured workers have three years from the date their injury or illness occurs to file a claim. This means that, even after an initial report, the injured worker does not have to file a workers’ comp claim immediately.
These reporting deadlines are much more complicated than deadlines in place for traditional personal injury claims. We strongly recommend that you work with a skilled workers’ compensation attorney in Philadelphia who can help guide you through this entire process. A workers’ compensation attorney attorney will make sure that all claims get filed on time and with all appropriate documentation.

The vast majority of workers’ compensation claims are resolved without a person turning to an attorney, but that is not always the case. There are times when employers or workers’ comp insurers put up challenges. They can delay or deny claims, thereby making it very difficult for an injured worker to receive the medical care and wage replacement that they need.

A skilled workers’ comp attorney in Pennsylvania it’s going to be an invaluable asset if you are facing difficulties from your employer or workers’ comp insurer. An attorney can use their resources and legal expertise to conduct a thorough investigation of the incident in order to determine liability and help refute any negative claims made by the insurer or the employer. If a claim is denied, an attorney can help the injury victim begin the proper appeals process for these claims. This can include them:

• Helping a subsequent review of the initial application.
• Taking the claim to the administrative law judge.
• Helping the injury victim through the Appeals Council.
• Being ready to take the case to federal court.