Allegheny County Worker Awarded Workers’ Compensation Benefits

Our client was a long-time member of the County of Allegheny Maintenance Department. One of his duties was to respond to and photograph accident scenes. When a plane crash causing multiple fatalities occurred, he spent weeks photographing the accident scene and developed psychiatric problems diagnosed as post-traumatic stress disorder. We obtained an expert psychiatrist and filed a claim petition against Allegheny County on his behalf. We were successful in obtaining workers' compensation benefits and the workers' compensation judge (WCJ) even ordered Allegheny County to pay some of our client's attorney's fees. Our client drew workers' compensation benefits for over twelve years and we then negotiated a settlement for him.

The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, law office of Ogg Murphy & Perkosky represents individuals and families involving injuries and accidental deaths throughout Western Pennsylvania, including Erie, Greensburg, New Castle, Sharon, Uniontown, Waynesburg, Beaver, Cranberry Township, Washington, Canonsburg, Butler, Kittanning, Ford City, Ellwood City and Johnstown. We represent clients in Allegheny County, Butler County, Beaver County, Westmoreland County, Washington County and handle cases from Fayette County and Greene County to the south, Lawrence County and Clarion County to the north, Cambria County, Blair County and Indiana County to the east.