Workers Compensation

After more than a decade of representing injured workers in Pennsylvania, one thing I see often are common work injuries caused by use of tools in manufacturing, assembly, welding, and other tool based job positions. Last year alone, there were a reported 960,000 tool related injuries and over 200 deaths. Tool use is common and unavoidable. In many positions, tool use is a daily, hourly, and even down to the minute an essential job duty. Unfortunately, they can also lead…

Many injured workers in Pennsylvania do not fully recover from a work injury. Depends on the severity of the injury, surgeries that may have happened, and ongoing symptoms from the work injury. So what happens if my doctor gives me permanent work restrictions? First, if your claim has been accepted, your employer must provide light duty within those permanent restrictions. If they do not have permanent light duty for you, then the employer and insurance carrier are responsible for ongoing…

Mooney Law is proud to represent workers throughout Pennsylvania and Maryland. Work injuries are tough. They can be financially, emotionally, physically, and emotionally devastating. At Mooney Law, we are committed to providing excellent representation based on our trusted and proven experience. So you have been injured at work. You want a free consultation with Mooney Law for your work injury. What should you expect? What kind of information should you have ready? First, since the onset of the COVID pandemic,…

I was recently able to settle a workers' compensation claim for a client of mine who contracted COVID-19 while in the course and scope of her duties at work.  The settlement was over $100,000. These COVID-19 cases are pretty limited.  These cases are limited to essential workers, primarily health care workers.  There is a presumption for health care workers that the COVID-19 infection was contracted at work.  That presumption has to be rebutted by the Employer, who then must prove…

Meniscus tear injuries are some of the most common injuries I have seen in my Pennsylvania Workers Compensation practice. That is not all that surprising given the growth in the warehousing and distribution sector. These types of jobs can frequently lead to knee injuries. What is a meniscus? Each knee has two C-shaped pieces of cartilage that are located between the tibia (shin) and the femur (thigh). The meniscus acts as a cushion to protect the lower part of the…

Sometimes I hear stories from injured workers that their employer ‘blew off’ their injury, or did not want to report the injury, or failed to provide any kind of documentation of a work injury. The next question becomes, why? Why does my employer not want to report a work injury? There are several reasons an employer may not want to report a work injury. First, in some cases, particularly with smaller type employers, the employer may not have workers’ compensation…