As you all know, we live in the great state of Pennsylvania and most of my family lives either in Pennsylvania or in Arizona. Anyway, I wanted to talk to all of you today about Workers Compensation Lawyers and how they can help you should you become injured on the job.
My brother is 42 years old and worked in the Philadelphia area doing high-tech machine work and had been doing the same job for the past 10 years or so. Well, one day he was working on a large machine and they had just mopped the floors. He went to go retrieve some tools and machine parts and fell on the wet floor!
He told me he laid there motionless for 20 minutes until the ambulance arrived and took him to a local hospital. After some x-rays and tests, they found out that he fractured his back and his hip. He was in god awful pain for a very long time as he tried to heal from his injuries.
During this time, he was off work for a very long period of time…about 15 months in total as he had to recover from surgery, go to rehab and all kinds of things to get his body back in good health.
Fighting for workers compensation is a really tough thing in the state of Pennsylvania and he had to go out and hire a workers compensation lawyer in Philadelphia to fight for his rights. After finding the right lawyer, he was able to win his case and get the workers compensation that he deserved.
What I wanted to tell all of you is this…if anything like this should ever happen to you or a member of your family, it is important to get a lawyer involved right away. Companies and agencies love to deny your claims and make it difficult for you to get your money. Having an attorney on-board at the get-go can help save you time, energy and help get you what you deserve.
Don’t try to fight these type of things yourself as often times, you come out as the loser or you get a lot less than what is due to you. When an injury occurs, you deserve everything that is due/owed to you!
My brother is finally on the road to recovery and is hoping to return to the work force later this year. Have any of you ever had to get an attorney for something like this? If so, how did it go?
We have been lucky enough not to need a workers compensation lawyer, but I have heard tales similar to your borther’s. you are right thatit is very important to hve the lawyer involved immediately.