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How Do You Go About Collecting your Benefits?
You MUST report your injury to your employer or supervisor as soon as it occurs or within a reasonable time period afterwards. You must tell them the date and time it occurred and tell them the names of any witnesses who saw the injury occur. If you do not notify your employer of the injury in a prompt manner, you could be prevented from receiving workers compensation benefits or they may try to say that your injury occurred outside of work.
If your employer denies your injury occurred, they may contest it and refuse to pay you workers compensation benefits. In this case, please contact our office immediately to file a Claim Petition with the Workers Compensation Bureau. After your Claim Petition is filed, I will attend a hearing before a Judge with you to prove your injury was work-related.
You are entitled to medical benefits from the first day of the injury and wage loss payments are payable if you are disabled for more than seven (7) days (including weekends) and are payable on the eighth (8th) day after your injury. Once you are off work for fourteen (14) days, you will receive your payment for the first seven (7) days of missed work. If your employer’s insurance company approves your claim, you should receive your first comp check within twenty-one (21) days of the date of your injury but ONLY if you notified your employer of the injury in a prompt manner and have missed more than 7 days. If the insurance company does not approve your claim, you WILL NOT receive any compensation checks until we file a Claim Petition, attend a hearing and the Judge rules that you were injured from a work-related injury.
NOTE: An employer may pay your initial medical bills and even pay you temporary wage loss benefits but ultimately decide that they are going to deny your claim. They have 90 days to decide to dispute your claim. If they notify you that they are denying your claim and will stop paying you and your medical providers within this 90 day time period, you should contact our office ASAP to file a Claim Petition to re-establish your benefits.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE UPON RECEIVING ANY TYPE OF PAPERWORK FROM YOUR EMPLOYER OR THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY. DO NOT SIGN ANYTHING WITHOUT CONSULTING WITH US FIRST.
We hope the above gives you an overview of the process involved in retaining us for your workers compensation matter.
Call Lisa today to schedule your workers compensation appointment with Cohen Law Offices.
(814) 693-0500 Blair and surrounding counties
(717) 975-0500 Harrisburg & West Shore areas
(888) 249-9660 Toll free
or email Lisa at Cohen Law Offices.
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www.state.pa.us (keyword: workers comp)