The Legal Intelligencer | Analysis
By Zack Needles | June 14, 2018
Almost immediately after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued its game-changing workers' compensation ruling in Protz last year, attorneys began gearing up to litigate the natural follow-up question: Should the decision be applied retroactively? A much buzzed-about June 6 ruling by the Commonwealth Court en banc may have finally answered that question.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | June 14, 2018
In a split decision denying unemployment compensation benefits to a truck driver who was fired for using a racial slur, a sole dissenting Commonwealth Court judge said the man should not have been found to have committed willful misconduct given his employer's history of leniency regarding racial epithets.
By Steven A. Meyerowitz, director, FC&S Legal | April 25, 2018
A Pennsylvania court has upheld a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review denying unemployment compensation benefits to a claimant who did not notify his employer of his arrest until nearly 24 hours after his release from jail.
By The Legal Intelligencer | April 20, 2018
On April 24, from 5:15 to 9 p.m., HIAS Pennsylvania will host its Golden Door Awards at the Crystal Tea Room, The Wanamaker Building, 100 E. Penn Square, Philadelphia.
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By Zack Needles | April 12, 2018
The Commonwealth Court has ruled in a case of first impression that chiropractors who treat workers' compensation claimants are not entitled to payment for routine office visits in addition to payment for procedures that are performed during those visits.
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By Max Mitchell | April 9, 2018
The court found Urbanski, who had been first assistant under the county's last elected district attorney, failed to meet the law's residency requirement before he took the oath of office at the beginning of the year.
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By Victoria Hudgins | April 6, 2018
The Commonwealth Court has ruled that a claimant who was laid off from his full-time union job should not be denied unemployment benefits based on a single shift at a dog day care for which he earned $74.39.
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By Zack Needles | March 29, 2018
In a case with potentially millions of dollars at stake, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court invalidated the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's practice of imposing ongoing penalties against polluters for the continued migration of contaminants within state waters.
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By Zack Needles | March 15, 2018
The court said the state Department of Labor & Industry regulation establishing that calculation method was "identical"—save for a single Oxford comma—to a Bureau of Employment Security regulation that had been invalidated by the Pennsylvania Superior Court a few years earlier.
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By Max Mitchell | March 13, 2018
A federal judge has ruled that Philadelphia can proceed with its lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has threatened to withhold federal grant money over its sanctuary city policies.
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