Publications

Key Points:

1.    Industrial Accident Board grants continuance but suspends temporary total disability benefits pending rescheduled hearingFortt v. Delaware Brick Company, IAB No. 1542958 (Dec. 12, 2024)

1.    Treatment with an authorized provider tolls the statute of limitations, although treatment occurred without employer/carrier’s knowledge and billed to private health insurance

1.    Proposed bills to protect workers from heat-related illnesses and injuries

1.    Pennsylvania Supreme Court holds that the compensation rate for specific loss benefits is controlled by Section 306(c) of the Act, not Section 306(a)

NEWS

The plaintiff appealed a final judgment against him that had awarded attorney’s fees to Cape Marine. He argued that the final judgment lacked the required factual findings required under Florida Patient’s Compensation Fund v.

The homeowner, Michael Kaiser, had a property insurance policy with Citizens when a hurricane damaged his home. The homeowner filed a claim and ultimately sued Citizens for allegedly failing to properly adjust his claim.

In a decision clarifying the role of the jury in insurance coverage disputes, the Second District Court of Appeal reversed three directed verdicts previously entered in favor of the insurer in a breach of contract case.