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Legal Update for Insurance Agents & Brokers – Case Law Update
Court rejects fraudulent joinder theory, keeping insurance agent defendant in case.Kamovitch v. American Economy Insurance Company, et al., 2024 WL 3924680 (W.D. Pa. Aug. 22, 2024)
Legal Update for Insurance Agents & Brokers - February 2025, is prepared by Marshall Dennehey to provide information on recent legal developments
Adequate Notice Requires More Than Delivery of a Policy
A December 31, 2024, decision from the Supreme Court of Idaho found that adequate notice to an insured required more than the delivery of a policy and, due to the insurer’s failure to do so, coverage under a pre-existing policy continued.
Legal Update for Insurance Agents & Brokers - February 2025, is prepared by Marshall Dennehey to provide information on recent legal developments
Availability of Direct Deposit for Supersedeas Fund Reimbursement
The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is now offering direct deposit (electronic transfer) of Supersedeas Fund Reimbursement checks. To use this option, you must be a registered Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vendor.
What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp – Special PA Alert – January 23, 2025,
Pennsylvania Bureau of Workers' Compensation Payment Authorization Form
On October 29, 2024, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed into law Senate Bill 1232, which amended the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act to require that employers and insurers offer claimants the option to recei
What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp – Special PA Alert – January 14, 2025,
John ‘Jack’ Slimm and Jeremy Zacharias Secure Key New Jersey Appellate Win in Legal Malpractice Action
A decision impacting the defense of such actions from damages claims by new businesses
Legal Update for Lawyers’ Professional Liability – January 13, 2025,
Federal ‘Stop Campus Hazing Act’ Signed into Law
The federal bipartisan Stop Campus Hazing Act, an amendment to the Jeanne Clery Act, was signed into law by President Joe Biden on December 24, 2024.
Legal Update for School Leader’s Liability – January 2, 2025, is prepared by Marshall Dennehey to provide information on recent legal developments of
Delaware Superior Court reverses Industrial Accident Board decision, holding the Board erred as a matter of law and abused its discretion when it awarded compensation to a claimant whose intoxication proximately caused a motor vehicle accident.
On June 8, 2021, at approximately 4 a.m., Mr. Willis was involved in single-vehicle accident when his work truck struck a guardrail.
What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 29, No.
Judge of Compensation Claims abused his discretion in denying a motion to continue a final hearing when the reasoning behind the request was out of the appellant’s control.
The claimant, a cashier, was shocked while plugging in a register at work. She later developed neurofibromatosis that lead to surgery. The neurosurgeon, Dr. Levi, performed surgery and indicated the claimant’s condition was not work-related.
What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 29, No.