Francis Wickersham

Marshall Dennehey

+ Follow Contact

Latest Posts › Occupational Exposure

Share:

Right to Subrogation for Medical Bill Payments Not Waived by Failing to Properly Preserve Issue at All Stages of Litigation,...

City of Philadelphia v. Wayne Deloatch and Independence Blue Cross (WCAB); Independence Blue Cross v. City of Philadelphia and Wayne Deloatch (WCAB); No. 541 C.D. 2022 and No. 589 C.D. 2022; Filed Dec. 24, 2024 - Wayne...more

2/27/2025 / Appellate Courts , Cancer , Compensation & Benefits , Employer Liability Issues , Insurance Claims , Insurance Litigation , Medical Bills , Occupational Exposure , Subrogation , Workers' Compensation Claim , Workers’ Compensation

Claimant’s Conversation With Fellow Firefighter About Act 46 Cancer Presumption Was Not the Date He Became Aware of His Cancer’s...

West Conshohocken Borough v. David Markland (WCAB); No. 1382 C.D. 2022; filed Jan. 2, 2025 - This case involved a Claim Petition filed based on an occupational disease. The claimant worked as a firefighter and filed an Act 46...more

2/27/2025 / Bodily Injury , Cancer , Claim Procedures , Disability Benefits , Employer Liability Issues , First Responders , Notice Requirements , Occupational Exposure , Permanent Disability , Workers' Compensation Claim

Claimant’s Evidence Satisfied the Three-prong Test to Support the Section 301(F) Presumption That a Firefighter’s Chronic Myeloid...

Borough of Hollidaysburg v. Paul Detwiler (WCAB); No. 739 C.D. 2023; Filed November 19, 2024; Judge Wolf - The claimant was a firefighter who developed chronic myeloid leukemia that was diagnosed in 2014. He learned his...more

1/24/2025 / Cancer , Causation , Occupational Exposure , Toxic Chemicals , Toxic Exposure , Workers’ Compensation , Workplace Safety

Commonwealth Court Affirms Denial of Claim Petition That Alleged Occupational Disease of Lead Toxicity

Jerry Mercer v. Active Radiator MPN, Inc. (WCAB); No. 1326 C.D. 2023; filed June 3, 2024; Judge Fizzano Cannon - On August 24, 2018, the claimant advised the employer that he had sustained a work-related injury due to lead...more

10/8/2024 / Expert Testimony , Lead , Medical Experts , Occupational Exposure , Toxic Exposure , Workers' Compensation Claim , Workers’ Compensation , Workplace Injury

4 Results

View per page

Page: of 1