Worker's Compensation Defense

Bingaman, Hess, Coblentz & Bell’s Workers’ Compensation defense team works primarily with insurance carriers, mutual associations and self-insured businesses to offer legal defense strategies for Pennsylvania workers’ compensation claims. We believe in a proactive and aggressive response to workplace injury claims. Whether the claim involves a fall at work, a repetitive trauma claim such as carpal tunnel syndrome, or a stress-related heart attack, our lawyers aggressively defend your business and its insurance carrier against non-compensable or fraudulent claims. We also defend businesses facing general liability lawsuits.

Litigation in the area of workers’ compensation is expensive and the cost of covering workplace injuries is even more so. As a result, resolution of claims may be best accomplished without protracted litigation. We therefore assist our clients in providing recommendations intended to reduce their overall exposure. However, when litigation becomes necessary, we offer an aggressive strategy and have years of successful trial experience in all venues throughout Pennsylvania. We make definitive, logical recommendations to our insurance clients, so they, in turn, can make appropriate recommendations to their clients in the handling of all claims.

We advise all employers and insurers on the multifaceted aspects of claims filed by injured employees, including disability and employment issues. The Workers’ Compensation defense team is a subset of the Insurance Defense Section with litigators experienced in all administrative agencies and state and federal courts. We have extensive knowledge and understanding of the Pennsylvania workers’ compensation laws and its regulations. With our experienced attorneys, and a support staff dedicated to workers’ compensation defense, we primarily serve clients throughout Eastern Pennsylvania, including Berks County, Delaware County, Bucks County, Chester County, Montgomery County, Philadelphia County, Schuylkill County, Luzerne County, Lehigh County, Carbon County, Lebanon County and Lancaster County. Above all, we are proud to be one of the only law firms in Berks County who represents local businesses and insurance carriers in the defense of workers’ compensation claims.