Tuesday, March 23, 2004

Commonwealth Court Affirms Board Order Quadrupling Disfigurement Award

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In General Motors Corp. v. WCAB (McHugh) The Board explained a disfigurement case almost in the manner the Court asked the Board to do in L...
Monday, March 22, 2004

Employer Has Thirty Days After WCAB Supersedeas Disposition to Pay

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In R. Snizaski v. WCAB (Rox Coal Company) the Commonwealth Court reversed its holding in Hoover v. WCAB (ABF Freight Systems) and stated a...

Supreme Court Takes Gardner, Denies Employer's Appeal in Cryder

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The Supreme Court granted allowance of appeal in Gardner v. WCAB (Genesis Health Ventures) January 15, 2003 post , which held an Employer m...
Tuesday, March 16, 2004

Commonwealth Court Issues Another AWW Case

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The G. Rebel v. WCAB (Emery World Wide Airlines #150) affirms that when a Claimant is off for a non work-related condition during the year ...

Commonwealth Court States Findings of Fact Not Reviewable

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In J. Almeida v. WCAB (Herman Goldner Company) the NCP accepted a strain to the lower back. In later termination proceedings, the Claimant...

Commonwealth Court Affirms The Subsequent Injury Fund Is Not Liable for Penalties

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J. Chiconella v. WCAB (Century Steel Erectors, Inc., et al.) affirms the Subsequent Injury Fund is not liable for penalties. Only "em...
Tuesday, February 24, 2004

Social Security and Medicare Updated Information

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For Social Security offsets, the new life tables were published on February 18. For Medicare set-aside account approvals, the Centers fo...

Supreme Court Grants Employer's Petition for Allowance of Appeal in More AWW Cases

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The Supreme Court granted the Employer's Petition for Appeal in the consolidated cases of Reifsnyder v. WCAB (Dana Corporation), Remp v....

Supreme Court Gives Standard for Ordering Diagnostic Testing With Physical Examination

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In Coleman, Aplt v. WCAB (Indiana Hospital, et al.) the Claimant sought review of a WCJ's Order that she undergo a triphasic bone scan ...
Friday, February 13, 2004

Commonwealth Court Applies Logical Analysis of Cumulative Trauma Over Technical Analysis

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In R. Armitage v. WCAB (Gurtler Chemicals) the Claimant suffered from plantar fasciitis that arose from continuous standing. The condition...
Thursday, February 12, 2004

New York Times Article: "Healing a Bad Back Is Often an Effort in Painful Futility"

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A New York Times Article picked up on the same theme as the study mentioned in the January 28 post that supports a prompt return to graded ...
Thursday, February 05, 2004

Two Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly Articles on Workers' Compensation

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In the January 2004 Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly, Paul Dellasega and Crystal Williamson of Thomas, Thomas & Hafer outline the ...