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What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp – Special PA Alert
On May 29, 2024, in the matter of Erie Insurance Property & Casualty Company v. David Heater (Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board), No. 148 C.D. 2023, A. Judd Woytek and Audrey L.
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Superior Court affirms IAB decision enforcing workers’ compensation settlement agreement and rejected claimant’s attorney’s argument of entitlement to common law “attorney’s charging lien” that was not a term of the settlement.
Mr. Webb workers’ compensation claim was denied, and he filed a petition with the Industrial Accident Board that sought acknowledgment of the accident, medical expense benefits and temporary total disability (TTD) benefits. Mr.
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A judge of compensation claims must be specific when awarding non-professional attendant care to a family member.
The claimant petitioned for attendant care benefits to be paid to her husband. The judge of compensation claimant ordered the employer/carrier to pay him for 30 hours per week at the federal minimum wage.
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The Appellate Division reversed and remanded a trial court order denying the plaintiffs’ motion to amend their complaint and dismissed their matter with prejudice.
The plaintiffs had filed a complaint for survival and wrongful death against the defendants, asserting the defendants caused the decedents to become infected with COVID-19 and pass away in March 2020.
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Appellate Division finds that compulsion in an activity could render it a non-social or recreational activity.
The petitioner had worked for the respondent since 2007. On December 14, 2013, he reported for mandatory snow duty and as a result, he had to stay at the assigned Marriott Hotel for 12 hours and work the other 12 hours.
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Pharmacy staffed by pharmacist provided by an employee leasing agency is a provider as defined by Section 109 of the Act. When a physician has ownership interest in said pharmacy, a referral to the pharmacy violates the Act’s self-referral prohibition.
In this case, 700 Pharmacy filed five Fee Review Applications for prescriptions for the claimant. The Hearing Officer dismissed all of the applications on the grounds of an illegal self-referral.
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Delaware Supreme Court affirms the decisions of the IAB and Superior Court, holding that an employer CORRECTLY paid for ketamine infusion treatment in accordance with the Delaware Fee Schedule.
Ms. Taylor injured her right wrist in 2016 while working as a teacher for the State. Her injury eventually developed into complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) involving multiple extremities.
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Reporting an injury via a Petition for Benefits within 30 days of the alleged accident does not fulfill the notice requirement.
The claimant, a senior claims adjuster, worked remotely in Orlando and once a quarter went to Tallahassee to the employer’s office. He typically was picked up by a rental car company.
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Appellate Division vacated and remanded a trial court order denying employer’s application for satisfaction of its workers’ compensation lien as premature after the third party settlement.
In October 2019, Darshelle Joseph was injured while working for NJ Transit and filed a workers’ compensation case and a third party case against the tortfeasor.
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