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Pennsylvania Bureau of Workers' Compensation Payment Authorization Form
On October 29, 2024, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed into law Senate Bill 1232, which amended the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act to require that employers and insurers offer claimants the option to recei
What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp – Special PA Alert – January 14, 2025,
John ‘Jack’ Slimm and Jeremy Zacharias Secure Key New Jersey Appellate Win in Legal Malpractice Action
A decision impacting the defense of such actions from damages claims by new businesses
Legal Update for Lawyers’ Professional Liability – January 13, 2025,
Federal ‘Stop Campus Hazing Act’ Signed into Law
The federal bipartisan Stop Campus Hazing Act, an amendment to the Jeanne Clery Act, was signed into law by President Joe Biden on December 24, 2024.
Legal Update for School Leader’s Liability – January 2, 2025, is prepared by Marshall Dennehey to provide information on recent legal developments of
Delaware Superior Court reverses Industrial Accident Board decision, holding the Board erred as a matter of law and abused its discretion when it awarded compensation to a claimant whose intoxication proximately caused a motor vehicle accident.
On June 8, 2021, at approximately 4 a.m., Mr. Willis was involved in single-vehicle accident when his work truck struck a guardrail.
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Judge of Compensation Claims abused his discretion in denying a motion to continue a final hearing when the reasoning behind the request was out of the appellant’s control.
The claimant, a cashier, was shocked while plugging in a register at work. She later developed neurofibromatosis that lead to surgery. The neurosurgeon, Dr. Levi, performed surgery and indicated the claimant’s condition was not work-related.
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NJ Supreme Court affirms dismissal of third-party complaint against insurer. Negligence, gross negligence, recklessness claims are subject to workers’ compensation exclusivity bar. All claims—including intentional wrongdoing—are excluded under the policy.
In a unanimous decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court found Hartford Underwriters Insurance Company had no duty to defend the employer, SIR Electric LLC.
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New Jersey Appellate Division finds the decedent, a full-time teacher who died of COVID-19, was an essential employee.
The petitioner filed a dependency claim in which he alleged the decedent (his wife) contracted COVID-19 during the period of occupational exposure while in the course of her employment with the respondent.
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The employers were not required to reimburse a DHS lien for the claimant’s medical treatment until the medical providers submitted the required bills and reports to the employers.
The claimant suffered amputations of both lower extremities. A workers’ compensation judge granted a Claim Petition and directed Dura-Bond, the employer, to pay the claimant’s benefits.
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Claimant’s evidence satisfied the three-prong test to support the Section 301(f) presumption that a firefighter’s chronic myeloid leukemia was caused by workplace exposure to a carcinogen.
The claimant was a firefighter who developed chronic myeloid leukemia that was diagnosed in 2014. He learned his cancer may be related to work while attending a training seminar in 2019.
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