In 2006, claimant’s attorneys and the Chamber of Commerce welcomed the expansion of workers’ comp settlements and mandatory mediation. Seven years on, are settlements increasingly favoring the employer?
At 7 p.m. today live on the Philadelphia CNN-News affiliate WFMZ-TV, The American Law Journal presents “Workers’ Comp and the Culture of Settlement.” Joining host Christopher Naughton are claimant’s attorney George Badey of Badey, Sloan & DiGenova and respondent’s counsel Laurie A. Carroll of Naulty, Scaricamazza & McDevitt. Workers’ Compensation Judge Joseph Hakun rounds out the panel that questions whether employees have been losing ground in the last seven years, especially as it relates to ongoing medical costs.
