Psychological Injuries (PTSD) in Workers’ Compensation Cases
NOTE: Workers’ Compensation is a complicated area of the law with many nuances and subcategories for specific injuries. The section below is to serve as a general guide to Psychological Injuries and PTSD in Workers’ Compensation and how we at Lenahan & Dempsey protect the rights of workers. Please contact us at 1.888.536.2426 for specific answers to questions as they relate to your specific Workers’ Compensation Case.
At Lenahan & Dempsey, we understand Psychological Injuries, including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), are as real and potentially debilitating as broken bones, burns or any other illness/injury that can be suffered by Pennsylvania workers.
Understanding Psychological Injuries and PTSD
The term Psychological Injury covers a wide range of conditions that affect an individual’s mental health and well-being. Psychological injuries include, but are not limited to cognitive, emotional, or behavioral indicators that can interfere with your life and significantly impact how you live your life in interacting with others, both at home and at work.
PTSD is a specific type of psychological injury. PTSD can be the result of a serious injury to yourself or one you witnessed. Some examples of symptoms include but are not limited to, suffering nightmares, flashbacks, anxiety, or emotional distress that arise from work-related events.
These injuries sometimes do not have physical injuries, leading many employers, or their insurance company lawyers, to challenge the validity of your claim and to try to force you back to work.
We Can Help
At Lenahan & Dempsey we have helped victims of Psychological and PTSD injuries since 1949. We have recovered millions and millions for injured workers.
Attorney Brian Lenahan of our office, who heads our Workers’ Compensation Department is listed in Best Lawyers in America and is a Certified Workers’ Compensation Practitioner in Pennsylvania. He is also listed in the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and National Trial Lawyers – Workers’ Compensation Top 25. He has won Workers’ Compensation awards as high as a million dollars for individual, seriously injured workers.
Our lawyers at Lenahan & Dempsey will handle all the paperwork and all contacts with your employer or its insurance company lawyers, so you can concentrate on your recovery. We have offices located in Scranton, Tunkhannock, Berwick, and the Poconos. We will also travel to you if you don’t have transportation or the ability to come to us. We’re available 24/7 at 1.888.536.2328. Call us today for a free, no-obligation case evaluation. There are no fees until you get the money you deserve.
Who Qualifies For Benefits After a Psychological/ PTSD Injury?
The ability to qualify for benefits for a psychological/psychiatric injury in Pennsylvania is extremely complex and specific to the facts of each individual case. Medical evidence supporting a disabling psychiatric condition also needs to be presented. A report of your psychiatric injury to your employer is also required.
We here at Lenahan & Dempsey will review your case and let you know if the same can be successfully litigated.
What Can You Expect When Working With Lenahan & Dempsey
We have recovered Hundreds and Hundreds of Millions for our clients across almost all fields of Personal Injury, Insurance Bad Faith and Workers’ Compensation law.
Lenahan & Dempsey is listed in Best Law Firms in America, and we are listed as a Tier 1 law firm (the highest rating). Attorney Brian Lenahan of our office, who heads our Workers’ Compensation Department is listed in Best Lawyers in America and is a Certified Workers’ Compensation Practitioner in Pennsylvania. He is also listed in the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and National Trial Lawyers – Workers’ Compensation Top 25.
Eight of our lawyers are listed in Best Lawyers in America, and eight are listed as Pennsylvania Super Lawyers. Three are listed in the Top 100 Lawyers in Pennsylvania, including our Firm President John R. Lenahan, Jr., our Managing Partner Timothy G. Lenahan, and lawyer Matthew Dempsey.
Timothy Lenahan is Best Lawyers In America’s Top Insurance Lawyer for his representation of the injured fighting against large insurers for the region of Northeastern/Central Pennsylvania and the Pocono Mountains. He has previously been named Best Lawyers Top Personal Injury Lawyer for that region for his work fighting for the rights of injured people.
We fully understand the physical, emotional, and financial toll a case can take on victims and their families. Our highly dedicated team of lawyers and paralegals can point to a history of success supporting our clients and winning the money they need to rebuild their lives.
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