Enforcing Your Work Injury Rights
Even if you were "Employee of the Month" you cannot assume your employer will act in your best interests if you are injured on the job. You have to demand your rights, but you don't have to do it alone.
You can count on Louis P. Lombardi II & Associates. Our law firm has helped thousands of injured workers in Montgomery County and the surrounding Philadelphia Metropolitan area. We enforce your Pennsylvania workers' compensation rights and aggressively pursue all of the benefits you are entitled to.
Free Consultation — Call our firm at 1-888-818-4343 for an explanation of your rights and benefits. Even if you were injured while working in New Jersey or Delaware, we may be able to file your claim in Pennsylvania. Also see our Frequently Asked Questions page.
Attorney Louis P. Lombardi has represented injured employees since 1991, and brings prior experience in insurance defense. For the past 13 years, he has served as Chairman of the Workers' Compensation Committee of the Montgomery Bar Association. Mr. Lombardi has won many large settlements for permanent disability, and handles all categories of claims:
- Back, neck or spinal cord injuries
- Head trauma and brain injury
- Electrical shock or electrocution
- Burns and disfigurement
- Vehicle accidents in the scope of employment
- Repetitive stress injury (carpal tunnel, etc.)
- Occupational disease from toxic exposures
- Death benefits for family members for work-related fatalities
- Personal injury lawsuits against third parties for work accidents
We're On Your Side. They're Not.
There is an immediate conflict of interest between an injured employee and the employer obligated to pay for medical care and disability income. Many companies and their workers' compensation insurers will mislead you about your rights, actively challenge your claim, or pressure you to return to work prematurely.
For example, injured workers are often told — illegally — that they must see the company's "official" doctor. These not-so-independent physicians may downgrade your disability, release you back to work too soon or simply not be qualified to treat your condition. You may have the right to choose your own physicians, even in the first 90 days. We help clients find competent doctors and specialists who can properly treat your injury and advocate for you.
You are also entitled to weekly or biweekly benefits, based on a percentage of your wages, including bonuses, overtime and second jobs. Employers often miscalculate benefits if there is no one to keep them honest.
The list of adverse practices goes on: failure to report your claim to the insurer, requiring unreasonable independent medical exams (IME), abrupt termination of benefits, and return-to-work threats. Louis P. Lombardi II & Associates stands up to employers and their insurance carriers and makes them adhere to the law.
Your Responsibility for a Work Injury
You must report an accident or injury to your employer as soon as possible. Tell the doctor of any pain or limitations, and follow through with prescribed treatment. Inform your doctor and your lawyer if your condition changes or you return to work.
We take our responsibility to clients very seriously. Unlike some law firms, we return your calls promptly and provide you with copies of all correspondence relating to your case. Our reputation for personal attention and results shows in the number of clients who come back to us and send their friends and family to our firm.
Contact us if you have made a claim and you are not receiving benefits. Better yet, contact us as soon as you are injured, so we can properly document your workers' compensation claim from the beginning. We serve injured workers from the county seat in Norristown to the Allentown, Lehigh County area. Our practice includes all of the counties in southeastern PA, including Montgomery, Bucks, Philadelphia, Delaware, Chester and Berks counties.
