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DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION
Marshall Dennehey has long been committed to diversity and inclusion with a commitment that starts at the top. Our current Executive Committee members, G. Mark Thompson, Craig S. Hudson, and Matthew S. Schorr, as well as our past leadership, have set the tone on this issue by clearly and consistently emphasizing that a diverse and inclusive environment is intertwined with the success of the firm.
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Benjamin Durstein (Wilmington, DE):
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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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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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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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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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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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