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Appellate Division Affirms Dismissal of Coverage Claims, Citing Intentional Injury Exclusion and Supreme Court’s Rodriguez Decision
Michael Bunting injured his foot while working for Emil A. Schroth, Inc. He was paid workers’ compensation benefits by Schroth’s carrier, New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules Specific Loss Benefits Survive Claimant’s Work-Related Death, Even Where Claimant’s Death Is Related to the Work Injury
In a significant decision clarifying the survivability of workers’ compensation benefits, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held that specific loss benefits awarded to a claimant prior to her death from work-related injuries are payable to her est
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Commonwealth Court Affirms Dismissal of Fire Police Volunteer’s Cancer Claim as Time-Barred Under Section 315
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the dismissal of a cancer-related workers’ compensation claim filed by a former fire police volunteer, finding that the claim was barred by the statute of limitations under Section 315 of the Workers’
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Idiopathic Fall Standard, Without the Fall
There was a fall in this case, but the claimant’s injury—disk extrusion at L3-4—occurred before the fall, when he stood up from a seated position.
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First District Court of Appeal Enforces Statutory Provision Divesting Judges of Compensation Claims of Subject Matter Jurisdiction
In a per curium opinion from the First District Court of Appeal on May 7, 2025, the court addressed what at first glance appeared to be an arcane case about collective bargaining agreements.
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Appellate Division Affirms Dismissal of Wrongful Death Suit Against Hospital and Co-Employee in Fatal Parking Lot Accident
A wrongful death and survivorship action arising from a fatal accident in a hospital employee parking lot was dismissed after the New Jersey Appellate Division upheld a trial court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of the defendants.
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Commonwealth Court Affirms Denial of COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Claim by Police Officer: E-Time Payments Not Evidence of Employer Liability
The claimant contends that he contracted COVID-19 in the line of duty. Following his diagnosis, he was hospitalized, fell into a coma and later underwent extensive rehabilitation.
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Commonwealth Court Rejects Insurer’s Reimbursement Claim Against Pharmacy in Billing Dispute
A workers’ compensation insurer initiated a Billing Review Petition, claiming it had overpaid a pharmacy for medication previously deemed neither reasonable nor necessary in a 2015 Utilization Review Determination.
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Benjamin Durstein (Wilmington, DE):
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