Workers’ Compensation Settlements: Are You Protected Against Future...
Picture this. You have just settled a problem workers’ compensation case and you or your carrier have disbursed settlement checks totaling $100,000 in exchange for a full and complete compromise and...
View ArticleAre Employers on the Hook for Employee Injuries Sustained in...
An ever-increasing number of employers are sponsoring wellness incentives as a means of encouraging employees to developing healthy habits. In turn, employers gain healthier, more productive work...
View ArticleAvoid Jumping to Conclusions About Compensability of Work Injuries Caused by...
What should a Pennsylvania employer do when an employee seeks workers’ compensation benefits after injuring himself by engaging in risky behavior at work? Companies may be tempted to take the position...
View ArticleWhose Employee is it Anyway? The Construction Workplace Misclassification Act...
The first cases addressing the impact of Pennsylvania’s Construction Workplace Misclassification Act (“CWMA”) in the context of the Pennsylvania’s Workers’ Compensation Act, have finally reached the...
View ArticleSupreme Court Issues New Ruling on Workers’ Compensation Subrogation...
In a recent case, decided on June 19, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania granted appeal to clarify the scope of subrogation reimbursement under the Pennsylvania Workers Compensation Act (the “Act”). By...
View ArticleWorkers’ Compensation Update: “Aggravation” of Pre-Existing Condition
The Commonwealth Court issued several interesting “unreported memorandum opinions” in the past several weeks. The Court revised its Internal Operating Rule 414 several years ago, allowing unreported...
View ArticleGovernor Wolf Issues New Opioid Prescription Guidelines for Injured Workers
In an effort to combat opioid addiction, the Wolf Administration recently rolled out a set of opioid prescribing guidelines to assist health care providers treating workers’ compensation patients....
View ArticleThe Protz Fix – Workers’ Compensation Update
On October 17, the Pennsylvania Senate signed the previously approved House Bill 1840, known as the “Protz Workers’ Compensation Legislative Fix,” which is expected to be signed into law by Governor...
View ArticleProposed Changes to the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act for First...
Last legislative session, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives introduced H.B. 2664, which sought to add a new subsection to the Workers’ Compensation Act addressing post-traumatic stress...
View ArticlePennsylvania Supreme Court Decision in Protz Marks Major Change in Workers’...
Prior to June 20, 2017, a powerful tool was available to employers and workers’ compensation carriers to cap exposure on long term workers’ compensation claims. That tool, provided by the Act 44...
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