by MHK Attorneys | Jan 20, 2019 | Workers' Compensation, Workplace Accidents
A big factor in many controversial workers’ compensation cases is whether the injured person was doing something that was in the course of his or her work duties at the time of the accident. When an employer can convince the administrative law judge that the injury...
by MHK Attorneys | Jan 15, 2019 | Workers' Compensation
It has been 100 years since Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board came into existence. It has gone through many changes in that time, but it remains the next place to go for injured workers whose initial claim for workers’ compensation gets denied. In 1915,...
by MHK Attorneys | Jan 12, 2019 | Workers' Compensation, Workplace Accidents
Just because working in a warehouse does not put you near active manufacturing equipment does not mean that you are completely safe from accidents on the job. A warehouse full of heavy boxes on high shelves poses many potential dangers, especially if management does...
by MHK Attorneys | Jan 8, 2019 | Workers' Compensation
When a worker suffers emotional or psychological trauma on the job, he or she may require mental health treatment before he or she can return to work. Though post-traumatic stress disorder and similar conditions are very real, victims sometimes have a hard time...
by MHK Attorneys | Jan 2, 2019 | Toxic Exposure, Workers' Compensation
Ever heard the old saying “better living through chemistry”? Industrial chemicals have an important function, but they are often hazardous to human health. Producing, handling or using these substances could cause serious illness, burns or other trauma, unless the...
by MHK Attorneys | Mar 11, 2018 | Workers' Compensation, Workplace Accidents
If you are employed in Pennsylvania, the expectation is that you will be covered by workers’ compensation if you are injured in connection with work activities. An employee is any person who performs services for another for valuable consideration (usually...
