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Court: Payment Required Even If the Amount Isn't Certain
The court essentially held the employer accountable for paying nothing at all when it had all the means necessary to make at least a good faith payment.Workers' Comp Bureau Documents Are Losing Their Power
Last week, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court issued another unfortunate decision in a relatively recent line of cases that is eviscerating the "bureau document" scheme of the Bureau of Workers' Compensation that litigants have relied upon for decades to guide and protect the rights of both parties.Commonwealth Court Revisits Independent Contractor Issue
The court's latest foray into what constitutes an employee for purposes of the Workers' Compensation Act is worth reading in its entirety as, like all such cases, it is very fact specific.
'Whitmoyer' Decision Revisited by the General Assembly
Until the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's 2018 decision in Whitmoyer v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (Mountain Country Meats), an employer's right to subrogation under Section 319 of the Workers' Compensation Act has repeatedly been found by the courts to be absolute, with few exceptions.The Fallout of 'Protz,' Brought Into Focus by Recent Decision
If you have not kept up on the impact of the IRE on the practice, digesting the Donovan decision is time well spent.
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Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings and Related Torts in Pennsylvania, Second Edition
Authors: George Bochetto, David P. Heim, John A. O’Connell, Robert S. Tintner
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Are Attorney Fees Available Even With a Reasonable Contest?
Even in the most egregious situations, unreasonable contest fees are granted in nominal amounts that are rarely ever collected due to a blanket stay placed on all such awards by the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board.Courts Finally Taking Unreasonable Contest Counsel Fees Seriously
Absent the legal mechanism to pursue a bad faith claim against a workers' compensation carrier, one of the only weapons in a claimant's arsenal to discourage the baseless denial of claims is that of the unreasonable contest counsel fee demand.What Tolls the Section 315 Statute of the Workers' Compensation Act?
very now and again, the Commonwealth Court reports a previously nonprecedential opinion. These newly precedential decisions can sometimes fly under the radar, but they are worth reviewing.Surviving the Workers' Comp Practice During COVID-19
It goes without saying that like almost every aspect of society, the COViD-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted the practice of workers' compensation in Pennsylvania.Commonwealth Court Addresses NTCP Conversion in 'Simpson'
When an NTCP is filed, it often means the injured worker will receive 89 days of workers' compensation benefits along with a subsequent denial for any number of reasons—mostly manufactured.TRENDING STORIES
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