JENKINTOWN PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEYS

Lets Say Your Job is based in Pennsylvania but your delivery route is in New Jersey. You are involved in an automobile accident in New Jersey. Can you apply for Pa. Workers’ Compensation Benefits? Or let’s say your employer is located in New Jersey but you were assigned an HVAC repair in Pennsylvania and were involved in an automobile accident in PA. Can you apply for Workers’ Compensation Benefits based on Pennsylvania Law?

Under both scenerios, you can pursue a Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Claim. The Pa. Workers’ Compensation Act is appliable to all injuries occuring in Pennsylvania no matter where the contract of hiring was made. Therefore, if you are in the course and scope of your employment and involved in an accident in PA, you have a valid PA workers’ compensation claim. Also, the Pa. Workers’ Compensation Act can be invoked even if you were hurt outside of Pa. as long as your employer is principally located in Pa. Other scenerio’s also apply but these are the two most common.

You should also know that some employers force their employees to sign an agreement upon hire that they will pursue workers’ compensation in a particular state if injured. However, if you are hurt in Pennsylvania, Pa. Law says that this agreement limiting your rights to pursue a Pa. Work Comp Claim is unenforceable.