Accidents and injuries can happen any time of the year. The snow, sleet, and ice that arrive with Pennsylvania’s often harsh winters, however, make them more likely to occur. And when winter weather results in injuries to...more
In an unreported opinion, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court has ruled that an employer’s medical expert presented on a pending termination petition does not have to testify that the claimant is fully recovered from a...more
In an unreported opinion, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court has ruled that an employer’s medical expert presented on a pending termination petition does not have to testify that the claimant is fully recovered from a...more
In Carl Sadler v. WCAB (Philadelphia Coca-Cola Company), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted allocator to address the issue of whether the Commonwealth Court erred in concluding that employer was not entitled to...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
In Gabriel v. WCAB (Procter and Gamble Products Company), the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania held that unreasonable contest counsel fees can be awarded for failure to issue a Notice of Compensation Payable acknowledging a...more
The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court recently held that attorney fees for Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation claims can be deducted from medical benefits paid on behalf of claimants, in addition to wage loss benefits....more
In Neves v. WCAB (American Airlines), the Commonwealth Court held that a counsel fee applies to both wage loss and medical benefits awarded given it is established that this was the intention of claimant and counsel, without...more
In Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc. v. WCAB (Trucks), 1257 C.D. 2018 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2003), the Commonwealth Court found, that for purposes of calculating the claimant’s average weekly wage, the claimant, who was employed as a...more
On August 7, 2019, the Commonwealth Court ruled that the defendant in a fully denied workers’ compensation claim cannot take certain actions through a no liability Compromise and Release Agreement, to prevent a medical...more
Valley Stairs and Rails v. WCAB (Parsons), No. 110 C.D. (Cmwlth Ct. 2019) -
In Valley Stairs, the Commonwealth Court addressed the issue of the date a claimant’s workers’ compensation benefits become payable, under Section...more