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A Workers’ Compensation Judge’s decision that found surgery unrelated to the work injury and said no further treatment was necessary for the injury did not bar a subsequent penalty petition for non-payment of medical expenses related to the injury.
The claimant sustained a work injury in 1988, which the employer acknowledged via a Notice of Compensation Payable (NCP).
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The court finds that the judge erred by not ruling based on the notice that should have been provided within 52 weeks of the qualifying event versus when the symptoms manifested.
In the case of Andrew Wilkes v.
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Even though the claimant bore a wage loss to his temporary partial disability benefits due to a COVID-19 lay-off, he must still prove the work injury was a contributing causal factor to that wage loss.
This case is interesting because it involves a claim for temporary partial disability benefits relative to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Consumer Fraud: It’s Not a Matter of Intent in Pennsylvania Anymore
On February 17, 2021, a 4-3 majority of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania handed down
Legal Updates for Insurance Services - March 9, 2021, has been prepared for our readers by Marshall Dennehey Wa
Game Over: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Denies Allocatur to Review “Monday Morning Quarterbacking” of Personal Injury Lawsuit
On March 1, 2021, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied plaintiff Jibreel Townsend’s petition for allowance of appeal, which sought reconsider
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