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Medical Expenses Workers' Compensation Claim

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The Employers Were Not Required to Reimburse a DHS Lien for the Claimant’s Medical Treatment Until the Medical Providers Submitted...

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Dura-Bond Coating, Inc. v. Ryan (WCAB); No. 1137 C.D. 2023, Filed November 18, 2024; Judge Covey - The claimant suffered amputations of both lower extremities. A workers’ compensation judge granted a Claim Petition and...more

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Top 10 Developments in Delaware Workers’ Compensation in 2024

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1.    The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed an Industrial Accident Board decision that concluded that a COVID-19 workplace exposure at a poultry processing plant did not qualify as a compensable occupational disease. Fowler v....more

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Top 10 Developments in Florida Workers’ Compensation in 2024

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1. As the employer/carrier was not able to overcome presumption, a firefighter’s COVID-19, requiring heart transplant, was found to be work-related. Seminole County, Florida and Johns Eastern Company, Inc. v. Chad Braden,...more

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Top 10 Developments in Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation in 2024

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1. Commonwealth Court holds that an employer’s failure to reimburse a claimant for out-of-pocket payments for CBD oil is in violation of the Act. Schmidt v. Schmidt, Kirifides & Rassias, Pa. C. (WCAB), 305 A.3d 1137 (Pa....more

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Superior Court Affirms IAB Decision Enforcing Workers’ Compensation Settlement Agreement and Rejected Claimant’s Attorney’s...

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Webb v. State of Delaware, 2024 WL 2077263 (Del. Super. May 9, 2024) - Mr. Webb workers’ compensation claim was denied, and he filed a petition with the Industrial Accident Board that sought acknowledgment of the accident,...more

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Excluding Counsel Fees From Payment of Future Medical Benefits Based on Future Medical Expenses as Speculative is Contrary to Sec....

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Patrice Williams v. City of Philadelphia (WCAB); No: 277 C.D. 2023; filed Mar. 21, 2024; Judge McCullough - In this case, a workers’ compensation judge granted in part and denied in part the claimant’s Petition to Review. The...more

Goldberg Segalla

Legislative Update: Cannabis, COVID-19, COMAR and More

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Join Goldberg Segalla partners John K. Archibald and Antonio S. Troese to discuss the impact on workers’ compensation practice and exposure given recent developments in Maryland regulations, COVID-19 cases and presumptions,...more

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[Webinar] Legislative Update: Cannabis, COVID-19, COMAR and More - April 27th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

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Join Goldberg Segalla partners John K. Archibald and Antonio S. Troese to discuss the impact on workers’ compensation practice and exposure given recent developments in Maryland regulations, COVID-19 cases and presumptions,...more

Chartwell Law

Mitigating Medical Exposure

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Chartwell Law's Jason Hanford, Esq., Jonathan P. Spadea, Esq. and Barak A. Kassutto, Esq. present this informative webinar addressing how to mitigate medical exposure. During this presentation, our panelists cover various...more

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Employers May Face Liability on Outstanding Medical Bills Even After a Compromise and Release Agreement

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Numerous decisions have been issued in recent years by the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court that impact the liability of employers to pay medical bills/expenses. For example, in Armour Pharmacy v. Bureau of Workers’...more

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2019 Year in Review

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On Thursday, January 30, members from Verrill's Employment & Labor group, as well as some from the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation group, conducted a full-day seminar full of employment law related topics that...more

White and Williams LLP

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Declares Future Credit on Medical Benefits Dead

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On June 19, 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided Whitmoyer v. WCAB (Mountain Country Meats), No. 52 MAP 2017, 2018 Pa. Lexis 2995. The decision reversed longstanding Pennsylvania law and the Commonwealth Court’s...more

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Workers' Compensation Update: Recouping Workers' Compensation Costs In A Subsequent Medical Malpractice Case

Suppose an employee with a work-related knee injury needs a total knee replacement. During surgery, however, the popliteal artery is inadvertently severed, leading to a medical malpractice claim against the operating doctor...more

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A Claim Is In the House: What To Do

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Our clients take very seriously the legal duty to insure or self-insure for workers' compensation. In the wake of reportage that was critical of everybody involved in the noninsured phenomenon, employers are aware that civil...more

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