Legal Question in Workers Comp in Pennsylvania

Re: work related stress

Law in our Commonwealth protects even "psychic" injuries. This is an injury jurisdiction and not an accident jurisdiction since 1972, when some amendments were made to the 1915 Act.

To win a psychic injury case you will need a lawyer, about 2000 for costs which the lawyer might advance but will not keep but will go to your testifying psychiatrist/expert.

Importantly, think about pinpointing the actual "straw that broke the camel's back" so as to define a point of origin in the commencement of your symptoms.

Was there some unusual circumstance or was it the normal stress of an admittedly stressful work environment? The former is compensable. The latter is not.

No Carrier including SWIF is likely to just grant benefits without a fight, so, "gird your loins."

Should there be some aspect of the co-worker harassment that affronts your race, national origin, color, religion, there may be Title VII litigation.

Finally, your labor organization is there to protect you. you are lucky to have a union. Try to fill out the greivance paperwork on time if you need to. If your union were to betray you, then file with the NLRB Regional Office for breach of duty of Fair Representation.

In sum, unless it's reeeaaly baaad, pretend your are back in junior high and suck it up for a few days until it is someone else's, "turn in the barrel." Jobs are hard to come by.

If you need a counsellor, use a Pscyiatrist because they have an MD degree and get you the meds to help.

be strong like Armstrong,

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