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The Appellate Court affirms dismissal of claim for plaintiff’s failure to demonstrate his injury was in the course and scope of his employment.
The Appellate Division affirmed a workers’ compensation decision to dismiss a claim petition with prejudice and deny the petitioner’s motion for benefits.
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An attempt to reopen a claim under Protz II is time barred under § 413(a) of the Act as the attempt was made more than three years from the last date benefit payments were received.
The claimant underwent an Impairment Rating Evaluation (IRE) on April 28, 2003.
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Reinstatement of benefits was retroactive to the date of a post-Protz II reinstatement petition filed in 2019 and not retroactive to the date of the 2009 IRE.
The claimant sustained a work injury in June of 2006. In June of 2009, he was seen for an Impairment Rating Evaluation (IRE) and given an impairment rating of less than 50%.
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Filing notice of temporary compensation payable paying indemnity benefits and then medical-only notice of compensation payable to stop payment does not obligate employer to also file notice stopping temporary compensation payable & notice of compensation.
Following the claimant’s September 14, 2018, work injury, the employer issued a notice of temporary compensation payable (NTCP). Thereafter, a medical-only notice of compensation payable was issued.
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As the result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf issued a Disaster Declaration which suspended Section 449 of the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act requiring the attestation of the claimant's signature on a Compromise &a
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Because claimant’s mental injury manifested itself within six months of reaching physical MMI and claimant was not receiving impairment benefits for the physical injury after reaching that point, the statutory cap in section 440.093(3) does not apply.
The claimant was injured on January 7, 2019, while working in a correctional facility after an inmate attacked her, causing neck and throat injuries.
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The Appellate Court affirms grant of summary judgment for plaintiffs’ failure to establish intentional wrong.
In these consolidated wrongful death actions, the Appellate Division affirmed the Law Division’s grant of summary judgment to the defendants.
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According to Appellate Division, judges are in the best position to assess credibility and giving more weight to one expert’s opinion is not a basis to reverse a judgment.
The Appellate Division affirmed a workers’ compensation court order denying additional medical and temporary benefits to the petitioner. The petitioner slipped and fell on April 1, 2016, and a left knee injury was accepted as compensable.
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In four back-to-back appeals, the Appellate Division finds the triennial redetermination of average current monthly earnings was not applicable in New Jersey as a reverse offset state.
In four back-to-back appeals, the Appellate Division again affirmed the workers’ compensation court’s decisions, noting the petitioners were not entitled to a redetermination of benefits.
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