The simple answer to this question is yes. However, it is important to understand how the Act works and what is needed to prove that you sustained a psychological injury. Psychological injuries fall into three discrete areas...
In order to establish a right to compensation, the Workers’ Compensation Act requires: 1. An employment relationship 2. During which an accident or injury arises 3. In the course of employment 4. And is related to the...
The Employer Has Filed a Petition To Stop Your Workers’ Compensation – What Does This Mean?
March 3, 2021
TERMINATION PETITION You are injured on the job and your Employer accepts the work injury by issuing a Notice of Compensation Payable (“NCP”). You are going to physical therapy and seeing an orthopedist to treat the...
What Is Considered An Injury Under The Workers’ Compensation Act?
February 25, 2021
You may have a Workers’ Compensation claim without even knowing it. An injury used to be defined as “violence to the physical structure of the body.” Now in the realm of workers compensation, an injury is no longer...
Your Medical Treatment is Under Utilization Review, What Does That Mean?
February 21, 2021
Many people who receive medical treatment under the Workers’ Compensation Act, regardless of whether their employer initially accepted their claim or if your case has gone through a round of litigation, may at some point...