Can An Employee Who Is Injured On The Job And Receives Workers’ Compensation Benefits Still Bring A Claim Against His Or Her Employer?

Normally when an employee gets injured at work and her employer is at fault, the employee can only recover workers’ compensation benefits – meaning coverage for her medical bills and roughly two thirds of the employee’s lost wages.  By Pennsylvania statute, 77 P.S. §481(a) recovery of workers’ compensation benefits by an employee is the exclusive … Read more