Very little can be done to prevent the carrier from sending you to insurance medical examinations (IMEs). The Worker's Compensation Act is often...

Will it be easier or harder to get SS Disability?

Your having resolved your workers' compensation case will likely not affect the outcome of your Social Security disability determination. As has...

As has already pointed out, you can file a penalty petition and a judge can assess a penalty of up to 50% of the amount of the check. Results can...

Why would a lawyer bring up my tattoos during workers comp procedure?

I agree with the other answers posted here. I would likely object to the question if it were posed in court unless they were germane to your...

My Mother had an accident in a company vehicle while working on Feb 3 2014. It was very bad snow and ice out on roads.

This is clearly a workers' compensation question as your mother was injured while furthering her employer's interests. As she is represented by...

Do I need a lawyer?

The very fact that you posed this question suggests that you do indeed need a lawyer. In short, once you advise your employer that you have...

In a workers comp claim where the injury effects multiple jobs of the injured employee, who is responsible for the lost wages?

Sounds like you could use some good news: you have what in Pennsylvania is called concurrent employment. Your workers' compensation wage loss...

Been on comp for exactly 1 year n.c.p accepted Work injury

The answers already posted here point out the likely scenario that you are indeed represented by counsel. That having been said, I strongly suggest...

PA WC Case finally settled 7 months after WCJ Approved me. Injury occurred 2.5yrs ago... So it was long drawn out Shenanigans!

The quick answer is, if the judge has signed an order approving the settlement, whether a bench order at the time of the hearing or by mail...

Can consistently late workers comp checks give me leverage in settlement discussion?

If you have a mediation scheduled in the near future, before your August penalty petition hearing, that mediation is presumably for some other...