THE LEGAL LEADER THE LEGAL LEADER VOLIME SATURIAY, MAR , 0 lme at Quatrinikallerty, we are committed so edacating the community on bow to handle legal issoes that we se at the firm every day: sa do this, we started a video series called "Legal Tip Tuesday."Every Tursday we post a sbort legal sp video to oor social media accocnts, as well as on our webeite. Read on to learm about five legal tips that amorneys Jeltrey Monze. Brian Bronson. Michael Quatrini, Jim Horchak, Peter Cough and Vince Quatrini huve recently shared. Iam Jell Monne. Today we're discussing situations where you ae injured in a car accident or a tall, and the entiny you huave a claim against is relaned to the governmem. These sinuations may exist if you're in a car accidett with a driver who is a government employe. if you slip and tall due to a dangmous condition outside of a sate office building or a courthoune, or if you're on a toadway with a defect that causes you injary, whether that be the rewalt of a pothole, improper signagn, cr something else. While you can still ake a claim even though the "oher side" is the government. these cases present unique challenges. Most imponantly. you need to know that the deadline to notity the povernment agmey, or the government employee, of your injury is 6 months frees the date of your accide That notice must include the injuries yoa suttered, when and where eactly the accident happened. and witnesses to the aorident. If you do not present al of this information within 6 months you will lose your right to sue and recover toom your injuries or damages The other unique lssue in these cases is that recovery is limited to 5250.000 for each person involved in the accident, or I mition dollars for the total claim if there are muliple peple involved. We at QuutriniRatieny are porgared to address these challenges for you. you, a family member, or a friend is involved in an accidene with a govermment ageney. please reach out to so that we can evaloate your case. am Brian Bronson, and today we're alking about recent scams eelated to the Social Security Administration. There have always been people who scam others out of money, betefts, or peoperty, and that goes for Social Security benefits co. What we see most commonly are people reoriving cals trom spoot sumbers or numbers they do not know, and someone saying "I am with the Social Security Administration" We can tell you 100% - they are not! Thee scammers are ater your pemonal information. your Social Security number, your binh dane, et, so that they can steal your benetits f you reorive a call trom somebody reporting to be trom the Social Security Administration, please do not give them any petsonal dentification information. I is a legiimate call from Social Security, they will send you a leer. Il you reorive a call that yoa think a scam, call your local Social Security ofthce and report the cal. you have any questions reganding these scam calls, please gve a call - we'd be glad to help youl I am Michael Quatrini, and today we are uking abous Veneran's Disability Benefts. Recently, the Vineran's Administrarion announced that a ruling which saned that all Vietnam Veterans esposed to Agent Orange would also include those Veterans who were t12 miles ot shore oe les - i being sunpended. And, no claims wil be decided until after the beginning of Jamsary 2020. Whide this is disappointing newn, if you ate a Vietnam Vetetan and you served on a blue water ship that was within 12 nautical miles of the cost of Vietnam, we fe that you should sil apoly - or apply - you've been denied in the past for conditions related to Agrnt Orange. Check our webte and our Legal Tip Tuesday videos for new VA Disabliny procedures. am im Herchak. Anomey and CM, at QuatriniRatlerty. Aloeng with Peter Gough we are bere to lalk to you about how important i s for yout Workers Compensation Atorney to double check the accutacy of your weekly disability check from Workets Compensation Petr is one of our certified Workens Compensation Atorneys. We work together to make sure your bemet is accurate. Wiah the thousands of caleulations that we have done, we estimate that Workers Compensation insurance carries accurately cakulate your beneft approximately ONE THIRD of the time. The majority of the time, they are wong - and our dients are being shonchanged. you are unsure il you are receiving your correct benetit amount, conact us to review your Workers Compensation benefies. If we fnd that you ae being underpaid. based on your paystubs teom the one year prior to yout injury, we can fle a review petition, po to court. and collect the underpayment - al he way back to your fint check as wel as insure that you are paid accutately in she future. Tm Vince Quatrini and today we are talking about paychological injuries in the workplace. There are three distinet categories of peychological injuries. In kgal wminokogy they are known an - physical/mental - mentalpeysical - and mental/mental injurie The fint a physicalmental injury, is when a physical insukt to your body rendts in an emotional disabsiliey. For eample if you develop depeesion and ataiety as a result of the financial and emotional stress that occurs after a work orlated heart attack. The medical Comptir e hean attack and the peychological care lor the depresion and anaiety mut be paid under Workers Now let's flip that, The second category, a mental/plysical injury, is when you suflet an emotional upbeaval at work which resolts in a phyical injury. An eunple is being told you're losing your job and must ain your eplacement befone they send you out the door hi overwhelning emoional event causes yvou to sutler a beart attack, the heart atack, and the medical treatment for your depression and ansiety, and your loss of wages, are going to be covened under Worken Compensution The third canegory is more complicated. This is a mental/mental injury, which occurs when a peychological stimui causes a pychological diablity. An esample a working as a derk in a gas station when semebody walka in with a gun, points it at your chest, and says, "Ove me the money. The fear that you immediately deet, and anything that develops afterwands, uch as post-traumatic stres disorder (PTSD, ar both related so the workplaor. Unfortananely, the liw has made it harder to recover in dhis scenario. You also have to peove chat what happened fits the criteria of an "abnormal working condition," or an "extraoedinary work evene." In the sinaation described above. and with the right medical support. reports. and your testimony. I feel confident we can help you obtain Workers Compensation beetes and medical treatment In summary, there are three types of injory categories, physical/mental, mentalphysical, and mental/mental, I you think you fall into one of thee canegorien ve s a call and we can help you determine il you are elighle lor beneits QUATRINIRAFFERTY QUATEINI RAFFEKIY The Injury & Disability Law Firm Greensburg Ollice: S50 East Pitsburgh St Geeensburg, M 15601 724-221-3191 Pittsburgh Office: Latrobe Office: Altoona Office: 941 Penn Ave, Ste 101 Pitnsbungh, PA 15222 Phone: 412-391-2800 B16 Ligonier St, Ist Floor 615 Howard Ave, Ste 210 Altoona, PA 16601 Phone: 814-656-006S Latrobe, PA 15650 Phone: 724-539-2841 in You Visit our Website to watch our FACEBOOK: LANKEDIN TWITTER YOUTUBE: ANSTAGRAM Legal Tip Tuesday videos. Quatrintatferty Quainaerty PC GRLegal Quatrini Raterty QRLegal THE LEGAL LEADER THE LEGAL LEADER VOLIME SATURIAY, MAR , 0 lme at Quatrinikallerty, we are committed so edacating the community on bow to handle legal issoes that we se at the firm every day: sa do this, we started a video series called "Legal Tip Tuesday."Every Tursday we post a sbort legal sp video to oor social media accocnts, as well as on our webeite. Read on to learm about five legal tips that amorneys Jeltrey Monze. Brian Bronson. Michael Quatrini, Jim Horchak, Peter Cough and Vince Quatrini huve recently shared. Iam Jell Monne. Today we're discussing situations where you ae injured in a car accident or a tall, and the entiny you huave a claim against is relaned to the governmem. These sinuations may exist if you're in a car accidett with a driver who is a government employe. if you slip and tall due to a dangmous condition outside of a sate office building or a courthoune, or if you're on a toadway with a defect that causes you injary, whether that be the rewalt of a pothole, improper signagn, cr something else. While you can still ake a claim even though the "oher side" is the government. these cases present unique challenges. Most imponantly. you need to know that the deadline to notity the povernment agmey, or the government employee, of your injury is 6 months frees the date of your accide That notice must include the injuries yoa suttered, when and where eactly the accident happened. and witnesses to the aorident. If you do not present al of this information within 6 months you will lose your right to sue and recover toom your injuries or damages The other unique lssue in these cases is that recovery is limited to 5250.000 for each person involved in the accident, or I mition dollars for the total claim if there are muliple peple involved. We at QuutriniRatieny are porgared to address these challenges for you. you, a family member, or a friend is involved in an accidene with a govermment ageney. please reach out to so that we can evaloate your case. am Brian Bronson, and today we're alking about recent scams eelated to the Social Security Administration. There have always been people who scam others out of money, betefts, or peoperty, and that goes for Social Security benefits co. What we see most commonly are people reoriving cals trom spoot sumbers or numbers they do not know, and someone saying "I am with the Social Security Administration" We can tell you 100% - they are not! Thee scammers are ater your pemonal information. your Social Security number, your binh dane, et, so that they can steal your benetits f you reorive a call trom somebody reporting to be trom the Social Security Administration, please do not give them any petsonal dentification information. I is a legiimate call from Social Security, they will send you a leer. Il you reorive a call that yoa think a scam, call your local Social Security ofthce and report the cal. you have any questions reganding these scam calls, please gve a call - we'd be glad to help youl I am Michael Quatrini, and today we are uking abous Veneran's Disability Benefts. Recently, the Vineran's Administrarion announced that a ruling which saned that all Vietnam Veterans esposed to Agent Orange would also include those Veterans who were t12 miles ot shore oe les - i being sunpended. And, no claims wil be decided until after the beginning of Jamsary 2020. Whide this is disappointing newn, if you ate a Vietnam Vetetan and you served on a blue water ship that was within 12 nautical miles of the cost of Vietnam, we fe that you should sil apoly - or apply - you've been denied in the past for conditions related to Agrnt Orange. Check our webte and our Legal Tip Tuesday videos for new VA Disabliny procedures. am im Herchak. Anomey and CM, at QuatriniRatlerty. Aloeng with Peter Gough we are bere to lalk to you about how important i s for yout Workers Compensation Atorney to double check the accutacy of your weekly disability check from Workets Compensation Petr is one of our certified Workens Compensation Atorneys. We work together to make sure your bemet is accurate. Wiah the thousands of caleulations that we have done, we estimate that Workers Compensation insurance carries accurately cakulate your beneft approximately ONE THIRD of the time. The majority of the time, they are wong - and our dients are being shonchanged. you are unsure il you are receiving your correct benetit amount, conact us to review your Workers Compensation benefies. If we fnd that you ae being underpaid. based on your paystubs teom the one year prior to yout injury, we can fle a review petition, po to court. and collect the underpayment - al he way back to your fint check as wel as insure that you are paid accutately in she future. Tm Vince Quatrini and today we are talking about paychological injuries in the workplace. There are three distinet categories of peychological injuries. In kgal wminokogy they are known an - physical/mental - mentalpeysical - and mental/mental injurie The fint a physicalmental injury, is when a physical insukt to your body rendts in an emotional disabsiliey. For eample if you develop depeesion and ataiety as a result of the financial and emotional stress that occurs after a work orlated heart attack. The medical Comptir e hean attack and the peychological care lor the depresion and anaiety mut be paid under Workers Now let's flip that, The second category, a mental/plysical injury, is when you suflet an emotional upbeaval at work which resolts in a phyical injury. An eunple is being told you're losing your job and must ain your eplacement befone they send you out the door hi overwhelning emoional event causes yvou to sutler a beart attack, the heart atack, and the medical treatment for your depression and ansiety, and your loss of wages, are going to be covened under Worken Compensution The third canegory is more complicated. This is a mental/mental injury, which occurs when a peychological stimui causes a pychological diablity. An esample a working as a derk in a gas station when semebody walka in with a gun, points it at your chest, and says, "Ove me the money. The fear that you immediately deet, and anything that develops afterwands, uch as post-traumatic stres disorder (PTSD, ar both related so the workplaor. Unfortananely, the liw has made it harder to recover in dhis scenario. You also have to peove chat what happened fits the criteria of an "abnormal working condition," or an "extraoedinary work evene." In the sinaation described above. and with the right medical support. reports. and your testimony. I feel confident we can help you obtain Workers Compensation beetes and medical treatment In summary, there are three types of injory categories, physical/mental, mentalphysical, and mental/mental, I you think you fall into one of thee canegorien ve s a call and we can help you determine il you are elighle lor beneits QUATRINIRAFFERTY QUATEINI RAFFEKIY The Injury & Disability Law Firm Greensburg Ollice: S50 East Pitsburgh St Geeensburg, M 15601 724-221-3191 Pittsburgh Office: Latrobe Office: Altoona Office: 941 Penn Ave, Ste 101 Pitnsbungh, PA 15222 Phone: 412-391-2800 B16 Ligonier St, Ist Floor 615 Howard Ave, Ste 210 Altoona, PA 16601 Phone: 814-656-006S Latrobe, PA 15650 Phone: 724-539-2841 in You Visit our Website to watch our FACEBOOK: LANKEDIN TWITTER YOUTUBE: ANSTAGRAM Legal Tip Tuesday videos. Quatrintatferty Quainaerty PC GRLegal Quatrini Raterty QRLegal