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Judge erred in not considering employer/carrier’s request for expert medical adviser once claimant’s one-time change choice of physician was rendered an authorized treating provider, thereby creating a conflict with the prior physician.
After the claimant suffered a compensable accident, the employer/carrier authorized Dr. Rosabald to treat her. Doctor Rosabald indicated that surgery was not necessary and released the claimant to return to work.
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The New Jersey Appellate Court reverses dismissal of the workers’ compensation claim under premises rule.
The Appellate Division reversed the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s dismissal of a claim based on the conclusion that the accident had not taken place in the course of the petitioner’s employment.
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Judge did not abuse her discretion in imposing a 50% penalty against the employer for refusing to pay fatal claim benefits because her decision awarding benefits contained an incorrect benefit rate and there was no evidence regarding the decedent’s wages.
A workers’ compensation judge issued a decision granting a fatal claim petition and ordered payment of ongoing weekly benefits to the claimant at the rate of 50% of the decedent’s average weekly wage at the time he last worked in 2010.
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Commonwealth Court upholds a decision to enforce a prior judicially approved C&R Agreement wherein the claimant agreed to cooperate by signing Medicare Set-Aside paperwork and later refused.
The claimant settled his workers’ compensation claim by a Compromise and Release Agreement (C&R).
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Failure to Complete Public Entity’s Official Notice of Tort Claim Form Not Substantial Compliance
In Gartenberg v. City of Hackensack, the plaintiff fell and was injured while walking on a sidewalk and alleged that the sidewalk was dilapidated, causing her to fall.
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Pennsylvania Superior Court Strikes Down the Regular Use Exclusion
Rush v. Erie Insurance Exchange, No. 1443 EDA 2020 (Pa. Super. Oct. 22, 2021)
Legal Updates for Insurance Services – October 25, 2021, has been prepared for our readers by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin.