My Husband was Hurt at work and now need surgery, Should we get a lawyer?

When it comes to serious work injuries, like the one you've described, I always tell people to get a lawyer immediately. My firm, along with many others that practice in Pennsylvania workers' compensation, work on what's known as a "contingency" basis. That is, we don't charge up front and don't charge if we don't need to defend your benefits/negotiate and approve a settlement. In the event we do need to defend your benefits, we only get paid if we win. I can't speak for every law firm out there, but it doesn't cost any more to hire us the day after a work injury occurs than it does to hire us a day before you're hauled before a judge to defend your benefits. We only get paid if we need to go into court for some reason (e.g. to protect your husband's benefits, if we need to go into court to approve a lump-sum settlement, etc.). If your husband heals as expected, the workers' compensation insurer properly pays his benefits, and your husband goes back to work without hitch, you never pay us a dime. You do, however, get the benefit of having legal advice throughout the entire process to make sure you're not being taken advantage of. Workers' compensation is an extremely complex field, and unrepresented workers' frequently run into a number of pitfalls that could have been avoided with an attorney. Given the apparent severity of your husband's injury and the long-term effects it could have on the rest of his career, I think it would be more than appropriate to contact an attorney immediately. In fact, I highly recommend it. If you don't already have a go-to attorney, you're more than welcome to contact my firm. Regardless, you should absolutely contact a workers' compensation attorney as soon as possible.