Injuries sustained by claimant in a motor vehicle accident that occurred on the drive home from work were compensable through the employment contract exception to the “going and coming rule.”

King of Prussia
Workers' Compensation
In this case, the claimant had worked for four years as a seasonal laborer for the employer, installing rebar for in-ground swimming pools. The employer was the sole owner of the business. What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent legal developments of interest to our readers.
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The Appellate Division remands a workers’ compensation order dismissing a petitioner’s case for exceeding the statute of limitations.

Mount Laurel
Workers' Compensation
In this case, the Appellate Division vacated the November 8, 2019, order dismissing the petitioner’s application for review or modification of an award and remanded to the lower court.  What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent legal developments of interest to our readers.
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Where do we stand with regard to compensability of trip and fall cases since the 2019 Valcourt-Williams decision? Two recent First District Court of Appeal decisions attempt to clear up any confusion.

Jacksonville
Workers' Compensation
In Silberberg, the First District Court of Appeal wrote: “Then there is Valcourt-Williams, about which there has been some misunderstanding with regard to its scope and significance. What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent legal developments of interest to our readers.
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DE Supreme Court affirms Board’s decision that the claimant failed to meet his burden to prove he sustained a permanent impairment to the cervical spine that was causally related to an accepted work accident.

Wilmington
Workers' Compensation
On August 3, 2017, Mr. Shipmon sustained compensable injuries when he fell off a stool while employed as a constable at Delaware Technical Community College. What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent legal developments of interest to our readers.
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Dismissal of legal malpractice action obtained.

Lawyers' Professional Liability

The plaintiff brought a professional negligence claim against our client arising from the firm’s representation of the plaintiff in a lease agreement dispute. After the deadlines passed for the completion of discovery and the production of the plaintiff’s expert report, the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of our client on the basis that the plaintiff’s claim for professional negligence failed as a matter of law because the plaintiff failed to produce an expert report to support its allegations of professional negligence.

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