Publications

1.    Treatment with an authorized provider tolls the statute of limitations, although treatment occurred without employer/carrier’s knowledge and billed to private health insurance

1.    Proposed bills to protect workers from heat-related illnesses and injuries

1.    Pennsylvania Supreme Court holds that the compensation rate for specific loss benefits is controlled by Section 306(c) of the Act, not Section 306(a)

NEWS

The plaintiff appealed a final judgment against him that had awarded attorney’s fees to Cape Marine. He argued that the final judgment lacked the required factual findings required under Florida Patient’s Compensation Fund v.

The homeowner, Michael Kaiser, had a property insurance policy with Citizens when a hurricane damaged his home. The homeowner filed a claim and ultimately sued Citizens for allegedly failing to properly adjust his claim.

In a decision clarifying the role of the jury in insurance coverage disputes, the Second District Court of Appeal reversed three directed verdicts previously entered in favor of the insurer in a breach of contract case.

In a recent opinion from the Fourth District Court of Appeals, the court found that it is not the function of a trial judge or the appellate court to reweigh evidence on a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, reversing the trial court’

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals was recently tasked with determining whether the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL constituted a single occurrence or multiple occurrences pursuant to a commercial general l