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Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) Workers’ Compensation Workplace Injury

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Where a Claimant Seeks to Add a Distinct, Consequential Injury to Notice of Compensation Payable and to Reinstate Indemnity...

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Matthew Grow v. PECO Energy Company (WCAB); No. 63 C.D. 2024; filed January 8, 2025 - The claimant sustained a work injury to his neck in 2013. After he returned to work in January 2014, his benefits were suspended. Later, in...more

Marshall Dennehey

Under Section 410 of the Act, the Claimant’s Widow Was Not Barred From Receiving a Workers’ Compensation Judge’s Award of Specific...

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Elmer Riehl v. Beiler Brothers, LLC (WCAB); No. 1563 C.D. 2023; Filed November 18, 2024; Judge Fizzano Cannon - On October 11, 2011, the claimant sustained a work injury in the nature of incomplete tetraplegia (paralysis of...more

Maison Law

The Worker's Compensation Process in California

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According to the California Department of Industrial Relations, California had 680,152 workers' compensation claims in 2023, based upon first reports of injuries. This translates to 3.6 worker injuries per every 100 employees...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

Laughlin, Falbo, Levy & Moresi LLP

The Duty to Investigate: Applicant’s Attorneys’ New “Gold Mine” in CCR §10109(a)

It is well-established that the purpose of the workers’ compensation system is to provide benefits to employees who suffer on-the-job injuries or certain work-related illnesses. To adhere to the purpose of the workers’...more

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