Thursday, September 24, 2009

An Entertaining Mediation Primer

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Richard H. Ralston has compiled a list of thirty things to say in mediation . It is kind of a list of things not to say, or most accurately...
Monday, September 21, 2009

Commonwealth Announces G-20 Closings

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A press release issued by the Governor's office gives all Pittsburgh state office closings for September 23-25. The release states: Th...
Sunday, September 06, 2009

Facebook, MySpace, etc. Evidence

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In a Businessinsurance.com article , workers' compensation claims investigators recall their favorite stories of Claimants' Facebook...
Thursday, September 03, 2009

Commonwealth Court Reaffirms Employer is Responsible to Maintain Orthopedic Appliances

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In Equitable Resources v. WCAB (Thomas) the Employer provided modifications to a bathroom. A water leak damaged the bathroom and finished...
Thursday, May 28, 2009

Supreme Court Grants Petition for Allowance of Appeal on "Footprint" Argument in Pension Benefit Offset

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In Commonwealth of Pennsylvania DPW v. WCAB (Harvey) the Supreme Court granted allocatur to review the holding of the Commonwealth Court in...
Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Commonwealth Court Rules Claimant May Not Seek Review of the Determination of a URO That the Provider Did Not Properly Submit Records

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In L. Sexton v. WCAB (Forest Park Health Center) the Employer filed a request for utilization review. The Provider forwarded treatment rec...
Sunday, May 24, 2009

City Can Subrogate Heart & Lung Act Claim Against Third Party Recovery

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In City of Wilkes-Barre vs. Robert P. Sheils, Jr., Trustee in Bankrupcy, George W. Cole, Debtor the Third Circuit Court of Appeals held a m...
Thursday, January 29, 2009

Blair County Chamber Risk/Safety Committee and Human Resource Mgt. Assn. of Blair County -- “Ten Ways to Lose a Workers' Compensation Case"

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The following citations are provided as a follow up to my recent presentation to the Blair County Chamber of Commerce Risk/Safety Committee ...
Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Proposed Amendments to Workers' Compensation Judges' Rules Published in Pennsylvania Bulletin

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The proposed amendments to the Special Rules of Practice and Procedure Before Workers' Compensation Judges were published Saturday in t...
Thursday, August 21, 2008

Commonwealth Court holds home health nurse is traveling employee from her home to patient's home

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In L. Jamison v. WCAB (Gallagher Home Health Services) the Claimant worked as a home health nurse. She also worked for another home health...
Friday, August 15, 2008

Commonwealth Court holds IRE doctor must testify the Claimant has reached maximum medical improvement

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In C. Combine v. WCAB (Nat'l Fuel Gas Distribution Corp) the Claimant underwent an IRE, which found a twenty per cent (20%) total body ...
Saturday, August 09, 2008

New York Times previews study of how parties fared when they rejected settlement and went to trial

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A study of outcomes for parties who rejected settlement and went to trial will be published in the September Journal of Empirical Legal Stud...