Worker Killed, Another Hurt in NJ Bar Brawl
An Irish Pub bar employee in Atlantic City was fatally stabbed and a colleague suffered serious work injury when they tried to break up a fight at the establishment.
According to the article on Philly.com, authorities do not know what started the brawl at the pub, which broke out at about 4:30 a.m. on Saturday March 21. Investigators remained at the scene for several hours collecting evidence, and the bar remained closed as of early Saturday afternoon.
The Atlantic County Prosecutors Office did not identify either employee, but they did say the injured worker had been hospitalized.
The injured worker, as well as the worker who died at the Irish Pub, are entitled to worker’s compensation. The family of the decedent may even seek a skilled wrongful death attorney. By law, it is required that every company in Pennsylvania carry Worker’s Compensation Insurance in the case an employee is injured on the job, becomes ill due to circumstances surrounding their job or even if death results from their job. Benefits can include medical expenses, lost wages, and death benefits. Workers’ compensation exists both as a way to benefit injured workers and as a way to protect employers. Workers' compensation in Philadelphia is a no-fault insurance system, which means that no guilt needs to be proved in a case; only that the injury sustained occurred while on the job.
Any worker who has sustained an injury arising out of and in the course of their employment has a potential workers’ compensation claim. The injury can occur while traveling on business, doing a work-related errand, attending a required business-related social function, or even while on a break or using restroom facilities and you are still legally covered by workers compensation.
The experienced PA work injury lawyers of Cherry, Fieger, and Marciano will do everything possible to get the monetary compensation that is owed to you to help pay for medical bills, physical therapy, loss of work and more.
