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Judge did not abuse her discretion in imposing a 50% penalty against the employer for refusing to pay fatal claim benefits because her decision awarding benefits contained an incorrect benefit rate and there was no evidence regarding the decedent’s wages.

A workers’ compensation judge issued a decision granting a fatal claim petition and ordered payment of ongoing weekly benefits to the claimant at the rate of 50% of the decedent’s average weekly wage at the time he last worked in 2010. What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggi

Pennsylvania Federal Court Takes a Bite Out of Restaurant’s COVID/Business Interruption Coverage Claims Against Insurance Broker

A Pennsylvania federal court recently dismissed claims asserted against an insurance broker for breach of contract and declaratory judgment in connection with a COVID-related business interruption loss in State Street Restaurant Group, Inc. The material in this law alert has been prepared for our readers by Marshall Dennehey Warner Col

What's Hot in Workers' Comp - Special PA Alert*

In the October issue of the What’s Hot, issued on September 29, 2021, we reported that the Disaster Declaration, which suspended Section 449 of the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act requiring the attestation of the claimant's signature on a C What's Hot in Workers' Comp is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent legal develop