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Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation And Child Support Information

posted in |PA Workers’ Compensation

by Michael Cardamone | November 12, 2013

How does a child support lien affect a Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation case? This issue arises in many cases. Workers’ Compensation benefits in Pennsylvania can be attached for payment of a support order. Act 109 of 2006 made a change to the Domestic Relations Act to state that support which is delinquent under a payment schedule […]

Philip Payes v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Case Regarding Mental-Mental Cases and Abnormal Working Conditions

posted in |Brain Injury Lawyers

by Michael Cardamone | November 4, 2013

In Payes v. WCAB, decided October 30,2013, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court found that the Commonwealth Court erred by not accepting the well-supported facts by the Workers’ Compensation Judge establishing the existence of an extraordinarily unusual and distressing single work-related event experienced by Appellant (injured worker) resulting in his disabling mental condition, where such single and […]

How Long Does A Pennsylvania Work Comp Case Take?

posted in |PA Workers’ Compensation

by Michael Cardamone | October 24, 2013

This question is usually one of the first questions a client or prospective client asks me. The answer? It depends. A very “lawyer-like” answer, I know. But it’s simply the truth. Some cases are settled in mere days or weeks and others take years or never settle. Also, there is a difference between the life […]

If I Have A Workers’ Comp Case In Pennsylvania, Will I Get Pain And Suffering Money?

posted in |PA Workers’ Compensation

by Michael Cardamone | October 17, 2013

No! The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act provides wage loss and medical benefits. The purpose of the Act is to provide injured workers with an income stream and medical benefits until their earning power is restored. Pennsylvania Work Comp benefits are payable without regard to fault. In other words, it doesn’t matter if you were injured […]

If I Settle My Pennsylvania Work Comp Case, Will I Have To Resign From My Job?

posted in |Cases and Settlements

by Michael Cardamone | October 10, 2013

It depends. Many employers in Pennsylvania require a resignation from the pre-injury employer as part of a global Pennsylvania Work Comp Settlement which is called a “Compromise & Release“. While a resignation has no bearing on whether the settlement will be approved by the Work Comp Judge, (the Judge has no jurisdiction over the issue), […]

How Much Do I Get Paid For A Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Injury

posted in |PA Workers’ Compensation

by Michael Cardamone | October 9, 2013

Pursuant to Section 306 of the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act, (a) (1), “for total disability, sixty-six and two thirds per centum of the wages of the injured employe as defined in Section 309 beginning after the seventh day of total disability, and payable for the duration of total disability, but the compensation shall not be […]