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If you were hurt on the job in University City, help is close by. Our office sits right in the neighborhood at 3415 Race Street, and Pennsylvania law gives injured workers the right to Philadelphia workers’ compensation benefits for medical care and lost wages. For over 34 years, the team at Lerner, Steinberg & Associates has fought for injured workers across the city.
Pennsylvania workers’ compensation covers almost every worker hurt on the job in University City, no matter who caused the accident. If you were injured at work, your employer’s insurance must pay for your medical treatment and replace part of your lost wages while you recover. You do not have to prove anyone was at fault, and you cannot be denied benefits simply because the accident was your own mistake.
Benefits include all reasonable and necessary medical care, wage loss benefits equal to about two-thirds of your average weekly wage, specific loss benefits for the permanent loss or loss of use of a body part, and death benefits for the families of workers killed on the job. When insurers delay, dispute, or cut off those benefits, our attorneys step in to protect them.
Lerner, Steinberg & Associates keeps an office in University City at 3415 Race Street, so injured workers across West Philadelphia can meet with a lawyer close to home, work, and their doctors. You do not travel downtown or deal with a call center, you sit down with an attorney who handles your case personally. That local presence matters when you are hurt, out of work, and trying to get answers quickly.
University City is one of Philadelphia’s largest employment centers, anchored by hospitals, universities, and research institutions. The medical campuses, including the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Presbyterian, and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, employ thousands of nurses, aides, technicians, and support staff who face patient-handling injuries, needlesticks, slips, and exposure hazards every shift.
The universities and research labs at Penn and Drexel, along with the offices and biotech space around uCity Square, add lab and facilities workers who handle chemicals and heavy equipment. Constant construction and renovation across the district put trade workers on scaffolds and job sites, while the restaurants, shops, and hotels along Walnut Street, Market Street, and Baltimore Avenue expose service workers to burns, falls, and lifting injuries. Wherever the injury happens, workers’ compensation is meant to cover the treatment and recovery.
We represent University City workers hurt in every kind of workplace accident, including the following.
Falls from ladders, scaffolds, and wet or uneven floors cause some of the most serious workplace injuries.
Falls, struck-by injuries, and equipment accidents on the district’s many job sites.
Thermal, chemical, and electrical burns from kitchens, labs, and industrial equipment.
Illness from exposure to chemicals, solvents, and biological hazards in labs and hospitals.
Carpal tunnel, tendonitis, and back injuries from repeated motion, lifting, and patient handling.
We fight back when an insurer wrongly denies, delays, or cuts off the benefits you are owed.
Workers’ compensation does not pay for pain and suffering. Many work injuries, though, are caused by someone other than your employer, such as a property owner, a general contractor, or the maker of defective equipment. When a third party’s carelessness played a role in your injury, you can bring a separate personal injury claim against that party on top of your workers’ comp claim. Our attorneys review every case for that possibility so no source of compensation is missed.
Some workers in University City, especially in gig, delivery, and staffing roles, are wrongly labeled independent contractors to deny them benefits. In Pennsylvania, that label does not automatically remove your right to workers’ comp. If you were hurt and told you are not covered, learn how we handle employee misclassification and call us before you accept a denial.
Pennsylvania sets firm deadlines, and missing even one can end your right to compensation. Three separate clocks matter in every case.
Because these deadlines move quickly, the safest step is to speak with a lawyer soon after your injury. You can review the state’s official program through the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, then reach out to our office for guidance.
For more than three decades, Mike Lerner and Ben Steinberg have handled workers’ compensation and injury cases for people across Philadelphia, and they work on every case personally. You deal directly with an attorney, never a case file. With an office right in University City, they are close by when you need them, and they push back hard for the full medical care and wage loss benefits Pennsylvania law allows.
We pursue every avenue of recovery, including workers’ comp and third-party claims, and we work on a contingency basis, so you owe no fee unless we win. If you were hurt on the job in University City, contact our office for a free consultation and an honest review of your claim.
