Monday, June 30, 2003

Stipulation Effective Upon Execution - Penalties Accrue For Late Payment Even When WCJ Approval is Pending

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G. Varkey v. WCAB (Cardone Industries & Fireman Fund) is a case rather limited to its facts, but the Commonwealth Court did reverse the ...
Saturday, June 28, 2003

Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company Rating Lowered to BBB

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Business wire reports Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company's Standard and Poor's rating dropped to BBB from BBB+. If the Company is n...

Rockwood Moves to Suspend Benefits of Quecreek Miners

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It was reported in the Johnstown Tribune-Democrat that Rockwood Casualty Insurance Co. has filed Petitions for Modification or Suspension of...

WCRI Publishes New Comparative Study of 12 States Including Pennsylvania

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The Workers' Compensation Research Institute released its CompScope™ Benchmarks: Multistate Comparisons, 1994-2000 comparing 12 states...

Settling Cases in Luzerne County

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In a Hazleton Times-Leader article Luzerne County's "close-out program' is reviewed. The County has earmarked 4.9 million of ...
Tuesday, June 24, 2003

Different WCJ Can Reweigh Credibility When Board Remands On Standard of Proof Grounds

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City of Philadelphia v. WCAB (Rilling) is a case involving the Section 301(e) presumption that a firefighter's lung disease resulted fr...

Discharged Claimant Will Be Reinstated Unless Cause For Termination Rises To Claimant Bad Faith

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In A. Cryder v. WCAB (National City) the Claimant was discharged for failing to meet production goals. The Commonwealth Court reversed the...
Saturday, June 21, 2003

Clinical Trial of Cervical Disc Spacer Device

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Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) is offering a clinical trial of a cervical disc spacer device to avoid cervical fusion. Article

Cognitive Therapy and Exercise as Effective as Lumbar Fusion for Chronic Low Back Pain and Disc Degeneration

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In cases of chronic low back pain with disc degeneration, a Norwegian study compared disability outcomes with cognitive therapy and fusion s...

Virginia Orders Reciprocal of America To Liquidate

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PennLive.com carried an article that Virginia regulators ordered insurance company Reciprocal of America to Liquidate.

Governor Rendell Speaks About Workers' Compensation

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Governor Rendell's comments about workers' compensation were reported in an article in the Citizen's Voice: Judd Shoval, pr...
Thursday, June 19, 2003

Another Presbycusis Theory Rejected in Commonwealth Court

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In Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corp. v. WCAB (Bruce) the Employer's expert, Dr. Chen, posited that the predominant portion of sensorineur...