Filing Pennsylvania Work Comp Claims

In Pennsylvania, an injured worker files one or more work comp claims in order to start receiving payments or in response to payments that have been modified, suspended or terminated. Work comp claims can also be filed by the employer to request that payments to an injured worker be modified, suspended, or terminated.

Work comp claims: filed by the injured worker

1. Claims Petitions - there are three types of claims petitions that can be filed by an injured worker:
• Loss of Wages – petition to request work comp payments for lost wages due to total or partial disability.
• Scar – petition to request work comp payments for a scar to the face, head, or neck.
• Specific Loss – petition to request work comp payments for a loss or permanent loss of use to a body part.
2. Reinstatement Petitions – petition to reopen your claim if a work-related injury or condition resurfaces and your work comp payments have been terminated, modified, or suspended. Generally, you need to file a reinstatement petition within 500 weeks (about 9.5 years) from the date of your last work comp payment.
3. Lump Sum Settlements - also called Compromise and Release, this is a one time payment for future loss of wages.

Work comp claims: filed by the employer

1. Petition to Terminate Benefits – your employer is trying to have your work comp payments stopped.
2. Petition to Modify Benefits – your employer is trying to have your work comp payments reduced.
3. Petition to Suspend Benefits – your employer is trying to have your work comp payments suspended.

Next step

Depending on the situation and/or the type of claim filed, a judge will review your case.

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Please read the following questions. If you can answer 'YES' to at least one, we highly recommend that you contact our law firm today:

• Are you an injured worker but you aren't sure what claims to file?
• Do you think a defect in machinery may have caused your injury?
• Have you been denied work comp payments?
• Have you learned that your employer does not carry workers compensation insurance?
• Have you received a Petition to Terminate, Modify, or Suspend your work comp payments?

It's important to know your legal rights if you're an injured worker. The attorneys at Edgar Snyder & Associates have been helping injured workers in Pennsylvania for nearly 20 years. Let us put this experience to work for you.