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Matthew Wilson to present at Tough Problems in Workers’ Compensation

(Philadelphia) –Martin Law partner Matthew Wilson will be a presenting case law at the Tough Problems in Workers’ Compensation CLE on April 3, 2017. Matthew Wilson is a partner of Martin Law and practices exclusively in the area of workers’ compensation law for over 25 years. For the last 10 years he has co-authored the… Read more

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Unemployment Compensation

Clients frequently ask whether they can receive unemployment compensation while waiting for a claim to be decided in a Workers’ Compensation case. The answer, as usual is it depends on the status of the case. If you are working light duty as a result of your injury and your employer lays you off you are… Read more

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Can I sue my employer for negligence?

When the Workers’ Compensation Act was first created at the turn of the Century (the early 1900’s) one of the purposes was to create immunity against civil suit by an employee against their employer in exchange for receipt of the workers’ compensation benefit. In most circumstances if the injury arises solely from the conduct of… Read more