Workers' Compensation

The Workers' Compensation group of Stark & Stark is a dedicated team of professionals representing those injured on the job in workers' compensation litigation. Our group of attorneys represent clients in every aspect of work-related injuries including illnesses contracted from your workplace, catastrophic accidents, construction accidents and injuries caused by toxic substances. Stark & Stark will fight to obtain the maximum medical and/or monetary compensation for your work-related injuries.

Our attorneys’ collective experience and resources enable us to provide our clients with quality legal advice and representation. We will work with you and counsel you on your legal rights under the Workers’ Compensation laws of Pennsylvania.

We work closely with each client to in order to settle each case outside of a courtroom, to reduce time and costs. Avoidance of a trial through settlement is preferred. However, there are other instances when a trial is necessary in order to seek proper compensation for our clients. The Workers' Compensation group of Stark & Stark maintains substantial workers’ compensation trial experience in local, state and federal courts throughout Pennsylvania.

Experience

  • Obtained $1,000,000* jury verdict for a Union Ironworker who was not wearing fall protection when he was pulled through a skylight opening by a co-worker.  After falling 30 feet the worker sustained brain hemorrhages, fractures to the lumbar and sacral vertebras and an elbow fracture. (*40% comparative negligence was applied to the verdict)