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What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 29, No.
Commonwealth Court Reverses Dismissals, Holds Claim Petition Preserved Claims and Orders Remand
The Commonwealth Court reversed a decision that had dismissed multiple parties from a workers’ compensation case.
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Commonwealth Court Upholds Penalties Against Employer for Failure to Pay Fee Review Determinations
The Commonwealth Court affirmed a workers’ compensation judge’s award of penalties and counsel fees against an employer that failed to comply with multiple Fee Review Determinations.
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Commonwealth Court Affirms Notice Was Timely in Electrocution and Tremor Injury Claim
The Commonwealth Court has affirmed that a claimant who notifies their employer of a work injury in plain language and in a timely manner satisfies the notice requirements of Sections 311 and 312 of the Act even if a diagnosis is not immediately r
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Commonwealth Court Allows Second Review Petition, Rejects Res Judicata Defense on Psychological Injury Claim
The Commonwealth Court has found that serial Petitions to Review may be permitted to add injuries, if they are of a different nature and even if the symptoms existed at the time a prior Petition to Review was litigated.
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Appellate Division Affirms 74% Disability Award in Custodian’s Workers’ Compensation Case
In Brooks v. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, the Appellate Division upheld a workers’ compensation judge’s decision finding the petitioner 74% permanently disabled as a result of his custodial work for Rutgers.
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Appellate Division Upholds Dismissal of Construction Accident Claims Against Employer and Municipality
The New Jersey Appellate Division affirmed three trial court orders dismissing claims brought by James Weiss, a retired firefighter and employee of Altona Blower & Sheet Metal Works, who was seriously injured while installing a firefighter tra
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District Court Holds that Average Weekly Wage Should Be Calculated at Time of Last Injurious Exposure in Occupational Injury Cases
The First District Court of Appeal reversed a compensation judge’s denial of indemnity benefits to a former employee who developed atrial fibrillation months after resigning from his job.
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More Insight from the Industrial Accident Board to Assist in Correctly Calculating the Average Weekly Wage
It is important to correctly calculate the average weekly wage (AWW) from the beginning of the claim. The AWW is the starting point for calculating the rate that is used to pay all non-medical benefits. The pertinent statute is 19 Del.
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