Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Lawyer Fighting For You
If you are injured on the job or become ill or disabled due to a work-related cause, it can be a life-changing event with a domino-effect that influences your income, career, health, credit, quality of life, family and friends, and maybe even your lifespan. Common injury types include:
- Lower back
- Neck/cervical disk
- Rotator cuff
- Shoulder impingement
- Tennis elbow
- Carpal tunnel
- Brachial plexis
- Ankle
- Plantar fascitis
- Hearing loss
- Occupational exposure to chemicals
- Loss of a limb or appendage
- Death
- Head, face or neck scars
- Other specific losses
• You deserve compensation
Getting the workers' compensation benefits to which you're entitled by law is an absolute must in most cases. But often it turns into a legal battle for which you need a qualified attorney, because your company's insurance carrier is likely to fight your claim every inch of the way.
No, it's not fair. But the insurance firms maximize their profits by minimizing the claims they pay out, and they have entire divisions devoted to this end. They fight even legitimate claims by people who desperately need to pay for hospital stays, rehabilitation, lost wages, everyday bills, and mortgages.
• Here's how I can help
Many of my clients are uncertain about the workers' compensation process. I explain everything in plain English, ask questions about your situation, and create a comfort zone for you. This way we can talk about the merits of your case, discuss your options, and decide how to move forward.
I'll be completely honest with you. If your case has little or no chance of succeeding, I'll let you know. I will not paint a rosy, unrealistic picture for you just to sign you up.
Your workers' compensation case may be very solid, and a seasoned and tenacious workers' comp attorney can apply the legal strategies geared to secure a substantial settlement for you before your hearing, or else work skillfully for the best possible outcome in court.
• Providing all the right resources for you
Injured workers have to be treated by the insurance company's doctors for the first 90 days after their claim and don't always receive a fair assessment of their condition or the best treatment for it. Insurers have big budgets for attorneys, and pay doctors who will testify in court about your condition.
These insurance company tactics really motivate me to take them on, using my experience as a tough trial attorney to force a settlement or battle in court for a successful outcome.
• DO NOT sign anything without consulting an attorney
If an insurance company offers you or a family member a settlement directly, or tries to change your benefits, CALL A LAWYER IMMEDIATELY. It is probably much less than you deserve, and an experienced workers compensation lawyer is always available to protect your best interests and more than make up the 20% legal fee involved in a workers compensation case.
Remember, there is NO FEE for consultations in workers' compensation and personal injury cases, and no charge for my work unless your case is successful.
Thomas D. Aristide, Attorney at Law
528 Maple Street
Bethlehem, PA 18018
Phone: 610-691-2522
Fax: 610-691-2252
Call today for a no-cost initial consultation on your workers' compensation case
Lighting the way for the injured worker since 1981
Serving residents in the Greater Lehigh Valley and Easton, Bethlehem, Allentown, Catasauqua, Doylestown, Emmaus, Fogelsville, Hellertown, Jim Thorpe, Macungie, Nazareth, Quakertown, Perkasie, Riegelsville, Stroudsburg, Whitehall, Saylorsburg, East Stroudsburg, Poconos, Parkland, Wilson, Saucon Valley and Williams Township, and throughout Northampton, Northern Bucks, Carbon, Lehigh, and Monroe Counties.