Tuesday, March 25, 2003

Botox Treatment for Low Back Pain

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Dr. Koop presents a detailed description of the use of Botox treatment for low back pain. The treatment is used to reduce muscle spasm. I...

Low Level Heat Therapy for Low Back Pain

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In another study, the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation endorsed...

Drug Free Workplace Pilot Project Extended

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The Drug Free Workplace pilot project is a program offered by Drug Free Pennsylvania and SWIF that offers a workers' compensation premi...
Saturday, March 22, 2003

Commonwealth Court Affirms Determination of Insurance Carrier Based on Estoppel

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in Overhead Door Company v. WCAB (Gill) , The Commonwealth Court reviewed a case where SWIF defended the case as if it was the carrier for f...

Commonwealth Court Again Continues Harle Suspension on Economic Layoff

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In Klarich v. WCAB (RAC's Association) , the Commonwealth Court affirmed the WCJ's medical only grant of a claim petition where the ...
Thursday, March 06, 2003

Secretary Schmerin's Nomination Approved by Senate Labor and Industry Committee

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Secretary of Labor and Industry Nominee Schmerin presented his remarks to the Senate Labor and Industry Committee and was approved unanimou...
Thursday, February 27, 2003

Another Interpretation of Caso

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In the Commonwealth Court Case of Henry v. W.C.A.B. (Keystone Foundry), the Claimant attended a vocational interview by an expert not then a...

Paralegal and Law Clerk Fees Are Not Recoverable Under Section 440 of the Act

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The Commonwealth Court case of Vitac Corporation v. W.C.A.B. (Rozanc) addressed the scope of Section 440 costs. These include only costs f...

Employees of Statutory Employer are Immune From Civil Suit

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In the case of O'Donnell v. R.M. Shoemaker and Co. and Fluidics. Inc. and Penn the Superior Court addressed whether the employee of the...
Tuesday, February 25, 2003

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The Third Circuit case of Sanfilippo v. Barnhart stands for the proposition that the Social Security offset should be calculated right the f...

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The 2000 Life Tables have been published by the National Center for Health Statistics. For Sciarotta language in Compromise and Release A...
Monday, February 24, 2003

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A University of Pittsburgh study discovered that people who are unhappy at work and who are forced to work under intense and hectic conditio...