Gettysburg Workers’ Compensation Lawyer

Gettysburg Workers’ Compensation Lawyer – Denied Claim?

If your workers’ compensation claim was denied in Gettysburg, you are not alone. Many injured workers in Adams County struggle to get wage loss benefits and medical care after a work injury. An experienced Gettysburg workers’ compensation lawyer can help you fight back and secure the benefits you deserve. 

Many injured workers feel frustrated, overwhelmed, and alone in the workers compensation process.  It does not help that the insurance company pushes back and challenges your entitlement to those benefits.  An experienced attorney in Adams County will fight back against the insurance company’s pressure and ensure you receive the workers’ compensation benefits that you deserve.  From denied claims to employer filed petitions, workers’ compensation experience matters.   Call 717-632-4656 to discuss your case with Attorney Mark Buterbaugh.  Gettysburg injured workers always receive free consultations.  

How Can a Gettysburg Workers’ Compensation Lawyer Help?

If you have been hurt at work, the Pennsylvania workers’ compensation system is designed to help you – although it does not always feel that way.  Many Gettysburg injured workers face similar workers’ compensation problems:

  • Overwhelming paperwork from the insurance company
  • Attempts to return you to work before your doctor permits you to return
  • Low ball settlement offers

Insurance companies will do everything they can do to try and limit or stop benefits being paid to you. You are already under stress from your injury.  This just adds more stress.  Engaging a professional Gettysburg workers’ compensation attorney can help alleviate and calm these concerns.  An Adams County work injury lawyer can help you avoid small problems early that turn into large concerns later.   Call today for an absolutely free consultation about your case at 717-632-4656.  We get no fee unless we recover for you.  

Why Having a Local Gettysburg Workers’ Compensation Lawyer Matters

Gettysburg workers’ compensation cases are handled through the Pennsylvania workers’ compensation system.  Denied claims and other claims that are being challenged by the insurance company are litigated before Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Judges.  Having an experienced Adams County Workers’ Compensation attorney on your side matters.   Local expertise matters.  Familiarity with practice before Adams County Workers’ Compensation Judges is important.  Understanding the types of employers and jobs in the Adams County area is critical.  

Besides the historic richness of Gettysburg, the Adams County area has its share of manufacturers, such as, Dal Tile, Pella Windows, Knouse Foods in Biglerville, Ortanna, Fairfield, and Gardners Pennsylvania, G & S Foods, AG Com, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Graphcom, Hillendale, International Paper, PCA Corrugated and Display, Plainville Farms, and more.  Many Gettysburg residents work in other local areas, such as Chambersburg and Hanover, rich in warehousing and manufacturing.  Mooney Law has been present in Adams County for over 20 years and is quite familiar with the types of physically demanding jobs in the area that cause work injuries.   

Understanding the Adams County communities is invaluable in approaching work injury cases.  It is essential your workers’ compensation attorney has a thorough understanding what medical evidence is required and what testimony should be included to prove your claim.  Having a deep understanding of the healthcare providers and doctors in the Adams County area is essential. This qualified experience can make a difference when issues arise in your case. Attorney Mark Buterbaugh has a highly successful, full Pennsylvania workers’ compensation litigation practice and has been representing workers’ compensation clients for well over a decade.   Call Attorney Buterbaugh today for a free consultation at 717-632-4656.   

Work Injuries That Are Common in Gettysburg

Some of the common work injuries we see in Gettysburg based on our two decades of practice in Adams County include:

Experienced legal counsel will be familiar with these types of conditions and the doctors in the Adams County area that treat these types of conditions.  With Mooney Law, you have the familiarity with these injuries, the Gettysburg area, and we do not get a fee unless we recover for you.  

Benefits That May Be Available to Gettysburg Injured Workers

The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act sets forth benefits that you may be entitled to if you are injured on the job.  Those benefits are:

  • Wage loss payments while out of work (typically 2/3 of your average weekly wage)
  • Payment of medical expenses related to the work injury
  • Specific loss benefits, which are for permanent loss of use and amputations
  • Death benefits for survivors defined by Act

Despite these benefits being available for you, the insurance company will delay or deny you these benefits.  Hiring a qualified and experienced workers’ compensation attorney will allow you to fight for these benefits afforded to you by the Act.

Areas We Serve in the Gettysburg Area

We serve injured workers in Gettysburg and the surrounding communities in Adams County. 

  • Gettysburg
  • New Oxford
  • Fairfield
  • Carroll Valley
  • Littlestown
  • Gardners
  • Biglerville
  • East Berlin
  • Ortanna
  • Arendtsville

FAQs for Gettysburg Injured workers

What do I do if my workers’ compensation claim is denied?

Denied workers’ compensation claims can devastate Gettysburg injured workers.  Injured workers are often out of work due to the work injury without pay and unpaid medical bills pile up.  It leaves Gettysburg injured workers feeling helpless.  An experienced Gettysburg workers’ compensation lawyer can file a Claim Petition on your behalf and argue your case before a Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Judge.  Your attorney will present your testimony and the testimony of your treating doctor to support your case.  Knowledge and experience in the workers’ compensation litigation process is vital to the success of your claim.  Attorney Mark Buterbaugh is a workers’ compensation trial litigator and prepared to help you.     

Do I have to accept light duty while I am treating for my work injury?

If your treating doctor releases you to return to work in light duty and your employer offers you light duty, then you have a good faith requirement to attempt the light duty job.  If the light duty job offer is based on the restrictions or return to work by an IME doctor, then you do not need to return to work.  Always follow the restrictions and treatment plan of your doctor.  Not returning to work will likely lead to a Suspension Petition, but Attorney Mark Buterbaugh stands ready to defend your rights and benefits.  He has successfully litigated hundreds of Suspension petitions for more than a decade. 

My boss told me I do not have a work injury because I have arthritis.  Is that correct?

People over the age of 40 have some arthritis.  It may not be symptomatic, until an injury occurs.  Insurance companies like to deny claims because of the existence of arthritis, even mild arthritis, on an X-ray.  You never felt symptoms before the work injury.  This is a typical insurance company tactic in denying claims.  Aggravation or worsening of a preexisting condition, such as arthritis, is a work injury.  If were found to have preexisting arthritis and did not know it because you did not experience any symptoms, a denial can be frustrating.  Working with experience workers’ compensation counsel can defeat the arthritis argument.  Attorney Mark Buterbaugh has litigated hundreds of cases involving preexisting conditions or arthritis.   Call Attorney Buterbaugh today for a free consultation at 717-632-4656. 

Do I have to settle my workers’ compensation claim?

No insurance company or employer can force you to settle your claim.  Likewise, no one can make the insurance company settle your claim.  It has to be that both parties wish to settle the claim.  For you, it is critical to seek experienced legal representation to determine if settlement is in your best interest and to ensure you are receiving a fair and reasonable lump sum settlement.  A golden rule to remember is once you settle your claim, it is closed forever.  That is why it is absolutely critical to have a conversation with a Gettysburg workers’ compensation attorney to see if settlement is in your best interest. 

Do I get pain and suffering in workers’ compensation?

You do not get pain and suffering in workers compensation.  You are entitled to wage loss payments while out of work and medical coverage.  Although you have pain and you have suffered, the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act does not provide for specific compensation for pain and suffering.  Many cases will end up in settlement for a lump sum amount of money.   

Why Attorney Mark Buterbaugh is right for Gettysburg Injured Workers

  • With well over a decade of workers’ compensation litigation experience
  • Millions recovered for injured workers in Pennsylvania and Maryland
  • Extensive litigation experience before Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Judges
  • Born and raised in Central Pennsylvania
  • No fee unless we recover 
  • Free consulations for injured workers
  • Direct and easy access throughout your case

Gettysburg Workers' Compensation Attorney Mark Buterbaugh

Attorney Mark Buterbaugh was selected by the national magazine, Super Lawyers, as a Super Lawyer and Rising Star in Pennsylvania.  In 2024, Attorney Buterbaugh was selected by the National Trial Lawyers as a Top 25 Workers’ Compensation attorney in Pennsylvania.  He has collected tens of millions of dollars in workers’ compensation benefits on behalf of Pennsylvania and Maryland injured workers.  He is one of the Managing Partners at Mooney Law.  Mooney Law is a boutique law firm offering a broad array of legal services, not just personal injury.  That is why we are not in the game for a quick fee like many personal injury firms.  We want to be you and your family’s law firm for life.  That is why we are focused on your best interest.    

No matter the work injury, Mooney Law is ready to fight for and protect injured workers in Gettysburg.  Call today at 717-632-4656 or 717-200-HELP or visit Mooney Law at www.mooney4law.com.   Mooney Law ALWAYS offers FREE consultations for Gettysburg area injured workers.