Stewart v. City of Philadelphia (WCAB), No. 490 C.D. 2024 (Pa. Cmwlth. Ct., April 15, 2025) -
By way of brief history, Officer Stewart worked long hours during the COVID pandemic. In the fall of 2020, he regularly...more
What happens when a mistake occurs in a workers’ compensation case? This was the question at the heart of the recent Commonwealth Court decision in Reading Anthracite Co. v. Oxenrider. The case serves as a cautionary reminder...more
In 1963, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court determined that there is no expectation of privacy when a private investigator follows an individual and photographs her on the street subsequent to her claiming personal injuries...more
Fee review is a small but growing area of workers’ compensation law. Providers and insurers are given a separate arena to address disputes over the amount and timeliness of medical bills. In recent years, the Pennsylvania...more
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
In Gabriel v. WCAB (Procter and Gamble Products Company), the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania reversed WCJ and WCAB rulings and awarded unreasonable contest counsel fees for an employer’s failure to issue a Bureau document...more
It is becoming increasingly clear that the future of COVID-19 litigation will be fought over presumption laws. In a typical workers’ compensation case, the claimant bears the burden of demonstrating a causal relationship...more
Chartwell Law partners Jonathan Spadea and Jason Hanford discuss pending legislation in the United States House and Senate which is intended to provide a federal benefit to first responders who contract Covid-19. While a...more
In the face of ever-increasing scrutiny and falling reimbursement rates, some healthcare providers are beginning to target areas of medicine where limitations on billing are less strictly controlled. Cue the growing trend...more
On Sunday, April 17, 2016, Governor Tom Wolf signed the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act (commonly referred to as “Senate Bill 3” and referenced herein as “the Act”), into law, thereby making Pennsylvania the 24th state to...more
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