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Claimant cannot rely on prior Utilization Review Determinations, which established prescription medications were reasonable and necessary, in order to show in later penalty petition that these medications were causally related to injury and payable.
During the claimant’s receipt of workers’ compensation benefits, two Utilization Review (UR) Determinations were issued, finding all of the m
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Claimant’s receipt of Social Security Disability and pension benefits were partly based on his work injury and a suspension of his benefits based on his voluntary removal from the workforce was improper.
The claimant sustained a work injury to his right knee in August 2014. He had been a union member since 1985.
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Commonwealth Court holds that the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board exceeded its statutory authority in ordering an employer to contribute to the cost of a new home purchased by the claimant.
The claimant, a construction worker, fell off of a roof, resulting in his becoming a paraplegic.
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The Appellate Division reverses and vacates workers’ compensation order on a statute of limitations issue.
The Appellate Division reversed the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s order denying the motion to dismiss and vacated the final judgment.
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The Appellate Division affirms a Law Division order enforcing a settlement agreement.
The Appellate Division affirmed a Law Division order enforcing a settlement agreement between the parties.
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Supplemental Security Income benefits to a mother on behalf of a minor injured worker does not constitute dependency for purposes of death benefits.
The decedent/worker, a 16-year-old, tragically drowned on his first day of work at his very first job.
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Superior Court holds that § 2322(b) was not superseded by adoption of § 2322B. Therefore, when employer refuses to furnish medical treatment, claimants are entitled to recover “reasonable cost” of medical treatment instead of Delaware Fee Schedule amount.
The claimant was injured in a compensable work accident on August 31, 2015, but the employer denied medical treatment for a rectal injury and
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Medical Malpractice Venue Rule Overturned
By Order dated August 25, 2022, effective January 1, 2023, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania amended Pennsylva
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