If you’re injured at work in Pennsylvania and cannot do your job, you’ll be asking yourself the all-important question, “How much money will I receive?” The answer is not simple. What are Workers’ Comp Benefits Based On In Pennsylvania? The amount of your Pennsylvania workers’ comp. benefits is based on the wages you earned at […]
Read MoreUS Air v. WCAB (Bockleman) If you get injured while working at your employer’s office, store, or warehouse, and cannot do your job, you will have a right to receive workers’ compensation benefits. But if you hurt yourself in a car accident on your drive to work, you will not have a right to collect […]
Read MoreShould I take it? Find out what happens you are assigned a light duty position at work? If you injure yourself at work in Pennsylvania and start to receive PA workers’ compensation benefits, your employer may offer you light-duty work, which means doing a job that is less physically or mentally challenging than the tasks […]
Read MoreWhat is Binaural Hearing Loss? In general, hearing loss can be calculated by testing the hearing loss in one ear, or the monaural loss of hearing, or by testing the hearing loss in each ear together, otherwise referred to as a binaural loss of hearing. Can I receive workers’ compensation benefits for hearing loss? In […]
Read MoreThursday, November 22, 2019. Pearson Koutcher Law partnered with the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Workers’ Compensation Section and its Subcommittee of Charitable Events and Community Service to provide a hot lunch to men in need at the 5th Annual Saint John’s Hospice Thanksgiving Lunch. As proud sponsors of this annual event since its inception, Pearson Koutcher […]
Read MoreHearing Loss Workers Comp – Work Injury Benefits For Hearing Loss Occupational hearing loss comes in many different shapes, forms, and sizes. There are obvious examples like an individual who operates a jack hammer each day on a construction sight or an individual who works next to a generator or turbine. Then there are less […]
Read MoreHearing Loss Workers’ Compensation Claims Do you suffer from ringing in your ears? Do voices sound muffled? Do you have trouble hearing in restaurants and other crowded areas? Is your hearing just not what it used to be before you got your job? If any of these ring a bell, pun intended, you may be […]
Read MoreOn lucky Friday Sept 13th, partner Eric Pearson was honored to have been asked to join defense attorney, Mitchell Golding, in presenting Feast or Famine: The Most Interesting Commonwealth Workers’ Compensation Cases of 2019. This was a legal continuing education seminar, endorsed and accredited through the Philadelphia Bar Association. Eric provided the case perspectives from […]
Read MoreOn Thursday night September 12, 2019 Pearson Koutcher Law partners, Eric Pearson and Jon Koutcher, held a “town hall” style meeting for IBEW Local 614 to discuss work-related hearing loss claims and asbestos exposure, mesothelioma and lung cancer. IBEW Local 614 consists of members employed by Exelon / PECO Energy, Veolia Energy, and Penske. Jon […]
Read MorePearson Koutcher Law donates two baskets to Kids Chance, a charity which awards scholarship grants for college and vocational education to children of Pennsylvania injured workers who were killed or catastrophically injured in a work related accident. The baskets are a part of a silent auction being held September 26th and 27th 2019 at the […]
Read MoreWhat are your Workers’ Comp benefits for hearing loss claims and asbestos, mesothelioma and lung cancer On Thursday night September 12, 2019 Pearson Koutcher Law partners Eric Pearson and Jon Koutcher were honored when they were invited to hold a “town hall meeting” by IBEW Local 614 to discuss hearing loss claims and asbestos, mesothelioma […]
Read MorePearson Koutcher Law congratulates managing partner, Eric Pearson, on being elected to serve as a council member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s (PBA’s) Workers’ Compensation Law Section. As one of PBA’s most active sections, Eric looks forward to serving in this position.Eric’s yearly term began at the close of the PBA House of Delegate’s meeting […]
Read MoreListen to Pearson Koutcher Law’s William S. Ward introduce his new blog series, Will’s World of Workers’ Comp. Visit our blog the second Thursday of every month to hear Will discuss important Workers’ Comp topics that could help you if you are hurt at work! If you have a question about Workers’ Comp, what you […]
Read MoreWednesday, June 5, 2019 Pearson Koutcher Law’s Mindy Levin participated in the 2019 Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Judges’ Retreat in Hershey, PA as a representative Claimant’s attorney on a panel moderated by the Honorable Sandra Craig discussing the shadow economy.The shadow economy is work activity or economic activity that is done with a goal of avoiding […]
Read MoreFor the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, as determined by the Department of Labor & Industry, based upon the Statewide Average Weekly Wage, the maximum compensation will be $1,049.00 per week for injuries that occur on or after January 1, 2019. To calculate the update to payments for medical treatment administered on or after […]
Read MorePearson Koutcher Law is pleased to announce its selection for inclusion in U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers Ninth Edition of “Best Law Firms” for representing injured workers in Workers’ Compensation Law. See the Pearson Koutcher Law Best Lawyers press release. “Best Law Firms” is a national group and the submission process requires […]
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