Video transcript: Hello. My name is Mike Dryden. I'm the head of the Workers' Compensation department at Willig Williams & Davidson. Today I'd like to talk to unionized employees in Pennsylvania. The workers' compensation law in Pennsylvania really only does two things. It provides wage loss ...
Know Your Rights: How Employers Use Temporary Notices of Compensation Payable to Deny Work Injury Claims
Transcript: Hello, my name is Mike Dryden. I’m the head of the Workers’ Compensation Department at Willig, Williams & Davidson. Today, I have a message about Temporary Notices of Compensation Payable. What we’ve been seeing over the last several months—maybe even a year—is very ...
Occupational Hearing Loss at Work: Your Rights Under Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation
Video transcript: Hello. This is Mike Dryden from Willig Williams and Davidson. I'm the head of our workers' compensation department. I want to speak to people now about occupational hearing loss. Under the Pennsylvania Workers Compensation Act, you can make a claim for what's called specific ...
Returned to Light Duty? How Temporary Partial Disability Benefits Really Work
Video transcript: Hello. My name is Mike Dryden. I'm the head of the Workers' Compensation department at Willig Williams & Davidson. Today I want to talk about partial disability benefits. Almost every week, I'll hear from an injured worker in Pennsylvania who's been released to return to ...
Expanded Access to Benefits for First Responders Suffering from PTSD
Transcript: On October 23 2025 the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court issued a thorough and thoughtful majority decision and concurring opinion in a landmark case of Ganley vs. Upper Darby Township. The case centered on one of our clients, firefighter Brian Ganley, who was a more than 20-year ...
Occupational Disease & Workers’ Compensation in PA
Video Transcript: Hello. My name is Mike Dryden. I'm the head of the Workers' Compensation Department. Today, I want to talk a little bit about occupational disease in the Workers' Compensation Act. I've had the honor of representing hundreds of firefighters across this Commonwealth who've ...
Are Aggravations of Old Injuries Covered Under Workers’ Compensation?
I want to talk today to Pennsylvania workers about aggravation of an underlying condition. In Pennsylvania, when you aggravate a preexisting condition, whether it happened playing high school sports, whether it happened in a car accident originally, or whether you're just getting old. If you ...
What You Should Know About a Notification of Suspension
Transcript: Hello, this is Mike Dryden from the law firm of Willig, Williams and Davidson. I'm the head of the workers' compensation department. Today, I have a message about a document that a client of mine recently received, and they had no idea what it was. It dawned on me that many people who ...
How Acts 534 and 632 Affect Workers’ Comp
Video Transcript: Hello. My name is Mike Dryden. I'm the head of the workers’ compensation department at Willig, Williams & Davidson. I'm here today to talk about Act 534 and 632 benefits. Act 534, and act 632 are the same law. They apply to different bargaining units. They provide a different ...
How to File a Worker’s Comp Claim Correctly
Video Transcript: Hello. This is Mike Dryden from Willig, Williams & Davidson. I'm the head of the workers' compensation department at our firm. I want to spend a couple of minutes with some workers' compensation basics - things that every Pennsylvanian should know after a work injury. ...