If you were injured at work, workers’ compensation may cover some of your medical bills and lost wages. However, depending on the circumstances, workers’ compensation is sometimes not your only recourse.
When a dangerous condition, defective equipment, or the negligence of someone other than your employer contributed to your injury, you may have a separate personal injury claim in addition to any workers’ compensation benefits. Wood Legal helps injured workers pursue every source of compensation available to them.
Pennsylvania’s workers’ compensation system generally prevents injured employees from suing their own employer directly for a workplace injury, regardless of fault.
However, that restriction does not extend to other parties whose negligence contributed to the injury. When a third party (such as a property owner, contractor, equipment manufacturer, or other company on a job site) is responsible for a dangerous condition or a defective product that caused your injury, you may be able to pursue a personal injury claim against that party, separate from any workers’ compensation claim.
Wood Legal does not handle workers’ compensation claims directly, but we work to identify third-party and product liability claims that can exist alongside them.
Workplace injuries involving a third party often arise from:
The firm’s founder, Attorney Peter C. Wood, Jr., is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an honor limited to attorneys who have recovered million and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for their clients. Fewer than 1% of U.S. lawyers qualify for membership.
That same track record of taking on sophisticated corporate defendants applies to every workplace injury case Wood Legal takes on.
If a third party’s negligence contributed to your workplace injury, you may be entitled to compensation for:
Many injured workers don’t realize that workers’ compensation may only be part of the compensation available to them. When you work with Wood Legal, you get an attorney who will thoroughly investigate your workplace injury to identify every responsible party and every available source of recovery.
Contact us today for a free and confidential case evaluation. Pennsylvania law imposes strict time limits on filing a personal injury claim, so it’s important to act quickly to protect your rights.
