Philadelphia Specific Loss Benefits Lawyers

If your hand, finger, arm, leg, foot, toe, your hearing or your sight has lost some or all of its function due to your work, you may be entitled to benefits for that loss. Learn more about specific loss benefits in Philadelphia. Contact our experienced Philadelphia Workers Compensation lawyers if you have a specific loss in Philadelphia and the suburbs. Contact us by email or 24/7 toll free at (877) 529-2422.

Fighting For Specific Loss Benefits

These benefits are payable regardless of whether you lost wages as a result of the injury or condition in question. The bodily part need not be amputated or rendered totally useless to be compensable. The legal test is whether the bodily part, or eyesight has been lost for "all practical intents and purposes". For specific loss of bodily parts or eyesight, the Workers' Compensation Act provides for a specific period during which compensation benefits are paid as well as a "healing" period during which benefits are

Scarring of the head, neck, or face caused by a work injury is also compensable as a specific loss with a maximum of 275 weeks of compensation payable. The amount of weeks awarded is at the discretion of the workers' compensation judge.

If you have only lost part of the use of a finger or toe, you may be entitled to receive one half of the compensation provided in the Workers' Compensation Act. Set forth below are the periods of time for which compensation is payable for the various specific losses recognized by the Workers' Compensation Act:

For hearing loss, the amount of loss is determined by comparing an employee's audiogram (hearing test) results with the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. You must have a work-related hearing loss of 10% or more in both ears in order to recover benefits. If you have hearing loss in one ear caused by a traumatic work event, you may be entitled to benefits.

Our promise: You need a Philadelphia workers compensation lawyer who understands the seriousness of your specific loss claim and will give it to you straight. You do not expect guarantees but you need a lawyer that you can trust to fight for you and your family to the fullest extent of the law. Our Philadelphia work injury team promises to work for you; be thorough and aggressive in setting out the best strategies for you and your loved ones.

A Team that Fights For Results

Our team of Philadelphia workers compensation lawyers is working on your case so that you have the benefit of several attorneys including Lee and using their combined efforts and experience to get you the justice you and your family need. We fight for injured workers in workers compensation courts in Berks County, Chester County, Delaware County, Montgomery County and Philadelphia.

You Don't Owe Attorney Fees Unless We Recover For You

We accept Philadelphia workers compensation claims on a contingency fee basis; which means that we do not require an advance fee, retainer or hourly rate but base our fee on a percentage of the monetary settlement we earn for you. We fight for injured workers in workers compensation courts in Berks County, Chester County, Delaware County, Montgomery County and Philadelphia. Learn how we will work toward the result you need.

When you are facing a work related specific loss, you need justice; and you need a top workers compensation lawyer with years of experience winning the tough cases: contact Lee Ciccarelli and our Philadelphia Workers Compensation team today. Call 24/7 at (877) 529-2422.