Workers' Compensation

No one plans on a work-related injury. Most workers never give workers' compensation a thought until after they have been hurt or become sick. Then, on top of dealing with their injury and medical treatment, they are forced into complicated legal system without the proper tools to guide them through. Willig, Williams & Davidson is committed to helping workers navigate that system, so they can focus on one thing - getting well. Our team of expert workers’ compensation attorneys use their skills to assist sick and injured workers through the legal system, so they can maintain their dignity and get the treatment and benefits they deserve.

Willig, Williams & Davidson's Workers’ Compensation Department provides advice, counseling and legal representation to sick and injured workers, to make sure that they receive 100 percent of the benefits required by law. Our attorneys who practice in the area of workers' compensation, limit their representation to the protection of injured workers.

Our workers’ compensation attorneys utilize the firm's wide-ranging union-side practice to help further the cause of providing safe working conditions and fair benefits for injured workers. Unlike some other firms, our attorneys are uniquely suited to understand the complex interplay between workers’ compensation law and other employment rights, such as union benefits, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Act 534, and the Heart & Lung Act. Our attorneys use that knowledge to look beyond the workers’ compensation law and make sure that our clients' rights are fully protected.

And our attorneys don't just help after the injuries happen. Willig, Williams & Davidson lawyers work closely with our union clients to identify injury trends and eliminate unsafe practices and conditions at work before workers get hurt. We push the limits of the workers’ compensation law to force employers to stop illegal practices like refusing to pay overtime to injured workers or illegally reducing benefits for injured retirees. We use our expertise and broad client base to leverage the best possible results for our clients, based on our firm belief that sick and injured workers deserve the best possible legal representation. We are proud to provide that service. 

Workers' Compensation: Resources

• Willig, Williams & Davidson Attorney Michael G. Dryden Wins Ongoing Occupational Disease Fatal Claim Benefits for Widow of Philadelphia Firefighter
  January 18, 2012
  Philadelphia workers’ compensation lawyer Michael G. Dryden, of the Pennsylvania labor union and employment law firm Willig, Williams & Davidson, won occupational disease benefits for the widow of long-time City of Philadelphia firefighter Joseph Kriebel, who died as a result of contracting hepatitis C from exposure on the job.
  
  
• Labor Law Attorney Irwin Aronson Explores the Misclassification of Workers on The Rick Smith Show
  January 5, 2012
  Labor law attorney Irwin Aronson focuses on the growing effort at legitimizing misclassification of workers by unscrupulous employers while exploiting workers and legitimate employers in the process.
  
  
• Workers' Compensation Questions Answered: What If Someone Other Than My Employer Caused My Injury?
  November 18, 2011
  In a great number of situations, the worker's injury was not caused by a fellow employee or the employer, but rather by a "third party," such as the manufacturer of defective machinery.  
  
  
• Michael Dryden Speaks About Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Law
  November 15, 2011
  Attorney Michael Dryden, workers' compensation lawyer and firm partner at Willig, Williams & Davidson discusses the firm's work with large and small employers in Philadelphia and the surrounding areas and throughout Pennsylvania. The firm represents both union and non-union  employees and works to maximize their rights to workers' compensation. Willig, Williams & Davidson is unique in their experience with workers' compensation law and how it relates to pension law, employment law, employee benefits and labor law.
  
  
• Six council seats up for grabs in Lansdowne
  October 28, 2011
  Workers' Compensation Attorney Marianne Henry Saylor runs for Council seat
  
  
• Workers' Compensation Questions Answered: What Social Security Disability Benefits Are Available?
  October 14, 2011
  The Social Security Administration administers two (2) disability programs: Disability Insurance benefits and Supplemental Security Income. Our Pennsylvania workers' compensation lawyers explain each.
  
  
• Workers' Compensation Questions Answered: May An Employer Terminate My Employment After I Have Suffered A Work Injury?
  October 7, 2011
  As long as your employer has not violated the terms of a union contract, discriminated against you on the basis of your disability, or violated the Family and Medical Leave Act, it has the right to terminate your employment after you suffer a work injury. Our Pennsylvania workers' compensation lawyers explain more.
  
  
• Workers' Compensation Questions Answered: Under What Circumstances Can My Employer Attemtp to Suspend or Terminate My Compensation Benefits?
  October 3, 2011
  Our Philadelphia workers' comp lawyers explain what happens if you and your employer do not agree on your right to continue to receive of compensation benefits.
  
  
• Workers' Compensation Questions Answered: What Wage Loss Benefits Am I Entitled To If I Am Injured On the Job?
  September 26, 2011
  Our workers' compensation lawyers discuss what benefits you are entitled to if you are still working but you are not making the same as you did before your work injury.
  
  
• Workers' Compensation Questions Answered: May I Choose My Physician?
  September 16, 2011
  Unless your employer has posted a list of medical providers with whom you must treat in connection with a work injury, you have the right to choose your own physician. Our PA workers' comp lawyers explain how.
  
  
• Workers' Compensation Questions Answered: How Are Claim Petitions Processed By The Bureau Of Workers' Compensation?
  September 9, 2011
  After a petition is filed, it is assigned to a judge located in the county where you live. At the same time that the petition is assigned to a judge, a copy is served upon the employer and its workers’ compensation insurance carrier. Your employer or its carrier has twenty (20) days from the date of service to file an answer to your petition.
  
  
• Workers' Compensation Questions Answered: What Should I Do If My Claim Is Denied?
  August 12, 2011
  The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act requires an employer to either accept or deny a claim within twenty-one (21) days of the date that notice of the work injury is provided by the injured employee to the employer.
  
  
• Workers' Compensation Questions Answered: What Should I Do If I Suffer A Work Injury?
  July 29, 2011
  When you suffer an injury as a result of an accident or repetitive injury, you should give notice to your supervisor or any other person designated by your employer immediately. You should report the injury even if you do not anticipate missing time from work. Notice can be given either verbally or in writing. If required, complete an incident report.
  
  
• Pennsylvania Legislature Passes Bill Designating Cancer an Occupational Disease for Firefighters
  July 8, 2011
  On July 7, 2011, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett signed Act 46 of 2011, which designates cancer as an occupational disease for firefighters and doubles the limitations period for filing firefighter cancer claims to more than 11 years. Enactment of the firefighter “cancer presumption” law caps a 25 year effort by professional and volunteer firefighters to win this much-needed protection.