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Sidney D. May, Esquire – The Northeastern Pennsylvania Attorney for Worker’s Compensation. Protecting the Rights of Injured Workers for over 25 Years. On the job injuries can be devastating. Call our office in Forty Fort PA for answers and a Free initial consultation. No attorney fee unless we win. Don’t wait – you need to act now.
When, after all your hard work and commitment to the job, you are injured abruptly in a workplace accident, it can have devastating consequences for you, your family and your future employment prospects. The pain and disability caused by a workplace injury can leave you and your family with unpaid bills and other financial hardship. You may have rights under the Pennsylvania Worker’s Compensation Act, but you need to act quickly to protect your rights to benefits. Getting an attorney who is experienced and capable is an important step.
Attorney Sidney D. May in Forty Fort PA can help you obtain the compensation for your injuries or illness that you rightfully deserve, including:
- Construction injuries
- Lifting injuries
- Machinery injuries
- Back injuries
- Neck Injuries
- Head face and neck injuries
- Scarring or disfigurement
- Amputation injuries
- Loss of limb injuries
- Hand and finger injuries
- Ladder injuries
- Scaffolding injuries
- Explosions
- Electrocutions
- Chemical injuries
- Fall injuries
- Leg injuries
- Knee injuries
- Shoulder injuries
- Elbow injuries
- Wrist injuries
- Foot injuries
- Finger injuries
- Fork lift injuries
- Heavy equipment accidents
- Excavation accidents
- Flagging or traffic control accidents
- Power tool injuries
- Cave-ins, trench accidents
- Burns
- Marcellus shale gas injuries
- Well drilling injuries
- Truck driver injuries
- Delivery driver accidents
- Loading-unloading accidents
- Gas drilling injuries
- Warehouse and loading dock injuries
Qualifying for Worker’s Compensation – You may have a claim.
You may have a claim for workers compensation if you were injured or have an illness that occurred at your workplace or while you were engaged in a work-related activity, regardless of whether the injury or illness occurred at your place of employment. If you have been injured while in the course and scope of your employment you may be entitled to get workers compensation benefits. You need not prove that your employer or a co-worker was at fault for your injury. Workers compensation benefits provide income loss benefits and medical expense benefits. Also, if you have suffered an amputation or loss of use of a body part (hand, finger, arm, leg, foot, etc.), you may be entitled to benefits. If you have suffered injuries that result in scarring or disfigurement to your head, face or neck, you may be entitled to workers compensation benefits.
Protecting Your Rights to Worker’s Compensation
When you are injured at work, your employer may ask you to sign certain documents that could affect or limit your rights to benefits. In Pennsylvania, it is important that you act carefully to protect your rights. You can call May Law to get the advice hand help you need to make sure that your rights are protected. Also, you may have other rights such as a claim for pain and suffering and other damages not available through a workers compensation claim. At May Law, we carefully review your case to determine how you can best recover the compensation you deserve.
Frequently asked questions
- Has your employer failed or refused to pay you Worker’s Compensation benefits?
- Have your medical expenses gone unpaid?
- Has your employer told you that you must see only the “company doctor”?
- Is your employer or its insurance company trying to send you back to work before you are ready?
- Did the insurance company stop sending you wage loss payments?
- Did your job duties aggravate or worsen a previous injury or health condition?
- Are you back to work from an injury at work but now getting paid less than before or working less hours?
- Is the company doctor sending you back to work to soon?
- Are you getting the right amount of wage loss benefits?
- Are you interested in getting paid a lump sum settlement for your work injury claim?
Worker’s Compensation Denial?
If your workers compensation benefits are unfairly denied, you have a limited time to file a claim with the Bureau. If you fail to file your claim within the allowed period of time, your claim could be barred. We can help you through the overwhelming bureaucratic process of making your case to the Pennsylvania Workers Compensation Bureau.
Contact a workers compensation attorney you can trust.
We have over 25 years of experience helping workers throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre and Luzerne County, Wyoming County, Scranton and Lackawanna County and here in Forty Fort. To schedule your free consultation, call May Law at 570-287-7332 or contact us online.
May Law serves clients in Northeast Pennsylvania, including Luzerne, Lackawanna, Monroe, and Wyoming Counties, including Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Tunkhannock, Stroudsburg and the Poconos.