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

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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

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

A 2020 Pennsylvania Legislative Update

When the 2019-2020 legislative session began, no one could have predicted what challenges Pennsylvania and the General Assembly would encounter with the outbreak of COVID-19. The rules changed to permit remote voting, and the...more

Chartwell Law

New Workers' Compensation Law to Expand Cancer Coverage for First Responders

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In April 2019, the Maryland General Assembly passed House Bill 604/Senate Bill 646—Workers’ Compensation—Medical Presumptions for Diseases and Cancer —Eligibility (Firefighter Jesse McCullough’s Cancer Protection Law).  The...more

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