Every year, thousands of workers in Pennsylvania are injured in workplace accidents. Except for a few exceptions, virtually all employees injured while working are covered by Pennsylvania’s Workers’ Compensation Act. Workers’ compensation laws are designed to provide benefits to injured workers without them having to resort to litigation. Workers’ compensation is based on a no-fault system. Even if your own carelessness caused [...]
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over one million Americans suffer a slip and fall or trip and fall accident. Over 17,000 people in the US die every year because of injuries related to falls. Slip/trip accidents are responsible for more than forty-five percent of traumatic brain injuries. Nursing home residents account for more than twenty [...]
Every year over one million people in the U.S. go to the emergency room due to a slip and fall accident. That’s more than two thousand people each day. Where slips and falls occur Slips and falls resulting from them can occur in a wide variety of settings. The following list provides some examples of locations that can present a [...]