Mooney & Associates Provides Experienced, Professional Services in a Sensitive and Compassionate Manner to Accident Victims and their Families.

When you are injured on the job, you should seek immediate medical treatment and advise your doctor how you were injured. If you have been injured at your workplace, if you have an illness caused by your workplace environment, or if your disease/injury is aggravated by the work you perform, the Pennsylvania Workers Compensation Act provides compensation for your medical expenses as well as your lost wages. You may be entitled to:

• • Two-thirds of your weekly pay, up to a set amount
• • Immediate medical benefits
• • Physical rehabilitation
• • Benefits for temporary and permanent/partial and total disability

There is a wide range of disabilities acquired on the job, both short and long term, covered by the Pennsylvania Workers Compensation Act. Federal Workers Compensation benefits are limited to federal workers employed in some significant aspect of commerce. Benefits may cover vocational rehabilitation. If you have a work related scar on your head, neck, or face, you may be eligible for a one-time payment in addition to your other workers compensation benefits. Occupation injuries, such as back injuries from lifting and repetitive stress injuries (RSIs) such as carpal tunnel syndrome, traumatic arthritis, and psychological injuries caused by work related stress may be covered. Injuries from repetitive activities can be as debilitative as a single injury and are legitimate basis for a workers compensation claim. Even death benefits are paid to dependant survivors of a worker for a work related death. If your work injury was caused by a dangerous or defective product, you may be entitled to additional compensation.

Filing a claim for workers compensation benefits can be complicated. Specific time limits apply to filing your claim and certain steps must be taken to preserve your rights to compensation. Many people who have valid workers compensation claims, who attempt to file a claim without an attorney, do not receive benefits they deserve because they do not understand the rules and make a mistake in the filing process.

The Pennsylvania Workers Compensation Act covers almost all Pennsylvania employees. Employers are required to provide workers compensation coverage to all of their employees, including seasonal and part-time staff. Even non-profit corporations and employers with only one employee must comply with the Pennsylvania Workers Compensation Act. The Act requires coverage in some cases even if you are hired in another state. Employees are covered from the first day of work and through the duration of their employment. Self-insured employers or service companies investigate and make the decision to accept or deny an individual’s claim. Your employer’s insurance company will make the initial decision on whether your injuries are covered under the Pennsylvania Workers Compensation Act. If your employer contests a claim, the insurance company may deny your claim.

If the workers compensation claim is denied, you are entitled to file a Claim Petition with the Pennsylvania Workers Compensation Bureau. The Petition will be assigned to a workers compensation judge who will conduct a hearing to receive testimonial and medical evidence to substantiate your claim. Evidence relating to the circumstances of the injury and the extent of the injury is presented. Based on information presented at the hearing, the judge will make a determination as to your eligibility to receive workers compensation benefits.

In order to receive the benefits you deserve, workers compensation claims may require several court appearances, depositions, and a vast knowledge of the Act and court interpretations of the Act that protect you as an employee in the state of Pennsylvania. It is very important to hire a litigation attorney with experience. contact Mooney & Associates now to receive the benefits you deserve.

As an injured worker, you need to contact us, now if:

• • You are hurt on the job and the insurance company denies your claim
• • You are on workers compensation and the insurance company is not paying your medical treatment
• • You are sent back to work to perform a light duty job or to do your job when you have not recovered from your injury
• • You have been collecting workers compensation benefits for more than four months and would like a lump sum payment in order to end the vicious workers compensation cycle
• • The insurance company has filed a petition to modify your workers compensation benefits
• • The insurance company has filed a petition to terminate your workers compensation benefits
• • Our employer or your employer’s insurance company has asked you to sign documents to settle your claim.

Mooney & Associates will fight for your right to collect workers compensation benefits. You need to contact us if your benefits are being denied, modified, or terminated. We will talk to the workers compensation insurance company, handle your medical bills, and establish the necessary medical evidence to support your claim so you can focus on getting better.

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor, approximately 85,000 people are injured each year on the job in Pennsylvania. If you are injured at work, Mooney & Associates can help. contact us now. We understand how difficult it can be to deal with the bureaucracy of insurance companies. Let us help you cut through the red tape and get you the compensation you deserve.

If you are totally or permanently disabled as a result of your on-the-job injury, we can also help you apply for benefits under Social Security/Disability. Since we represent you on a contingency fee basis, you will only pay attorneys fees if we are successful in obtaining benefits for you. Our attorneys are committed to protecting the interests of working people, construction workers, laborers, craftsmen, electricians, plumbers, and factory workers. Call us if your employer, or their insurance company, asks you to sign documents to settle a claim or if your benefits are being terminated, modified or denied.

Mooney & Associates, Attorneys at Law, serves clients in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New York cities and counties including the following: New Oxford, York, Lancaster, Chambersburg, Shippensburg, Gettysburg, Elizabethtown, Harrisburg, Carlisle, Hershey, Mechanicsburg, New Cumberland, Lancaster, and greater Harrisburg; Adams County, York County, Cumberland County, Perry County, Dauphin County, Lancaster County, PA; throughout Maryland and New York.