Fighting Termination of Your Benefits

Fighting Early Termination of Your Workers' Comp Benefits so You Get All the Benefits You Deserve

Companies and their workers' compensation insurance providers are always looking for ways to decrease costs and increase profits. The simple fact is that they do not benefit when workers are hampered by injuries and collecting workers' comp. Therefore, it's to their advantage to deny claims and to end work comp benefits as early as possible.

At the law office of Woomer & Hall we handle workers' compensation cases every day. We understand the challenges you face, as well as the language of insurers. When you bring us into your workers' comp case, we will handle all conversations with the employer and the insurance company so you don't have to worry about saying or doing the wrong thing.

If your employer or the insurer is threatening termination of workers' compensation benefits, contact a Pennsylvania workers' compensation attorneys at Woomer & Hall. We represent injured workers throughout western Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia.

Result Matters*

$107,500 settlement for a workers' compensation claimant injured by mopping a floor while working
Won workers' compensation benefits for a mason whose shoulder was failing because of repetitive lifting while working.

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The following mistakes can lead to premature termination of workers' compensation benefits:

• Returning to work too soon: If you've gone back to work too soon, you increase the chance your medical problem will return or worsen. Then you'll have to start the whole process over again. It's best to stay off work until your doctor says you can return.
• Giving statements to the insurance company: It is not uncommon for workers to mistakenly say things to the insurance company, the case manager, or the vocational nurse that ultimately harms their workers comp case. When you work with a work comp lawyer, talking with the insurer becomes the lawyer's job.
• Beginning to withdraw money from your pension, retirement plan or a severance package: This is a signal to the insurer that you have actually retired or left employment and would not be working even if you had recovered.
• Staying with the company doctor for too long: You can see your own doctor or medical specialist. You do not need to rely on an employer provided physician who may try to rush your recovery.

We work with clients and their personal doctors to fight the premature termination of workers' compensation benefits and to appeal denials of benefits. We will file your response with the court, attend pleadings, arrange for medical depositions and advocate for you in hearings. We will also find and retain medical, rehabilitation and vocational experts to prove the extent of your disability. Lastly, we will find and prepare witnesses to testify on your behalf.

The lawyers at Woomer & Hall are aggressive advocates dedicated to protecting injured workers if their disability insurance (or SSDI) has been denied or wrongfully terminated. Contact our law office or call 1-800-686-0848. Your initial consultation is free. We charge no attorneys' fees or costs of any kind unless we recover compensation for you.

* Case results are for informational purposes only, and should not be considered as a guarantee or prediction of outcome in any other case. Every case involves different facts and circumstances, and a favorable result in one case is not a guarantee that a similar result can be obtained in another case.