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Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed judgment on the pleadings in legal a malpractice case based upon the statute of limitations.
The plaintiffs alleged that the court erred in not allowing them to amend their pleadings in order to clarify facts regarding equitable tolling and erred in not recognizing that issues of fact existed.
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Pennsylvania state court denies stay in action filed against insurer and insurance broker.
An insurance broker sought to stay the plaintiff’s negligence action asserted against it pending a determination on the claims of breach of contract and bad faith alleged against the insurer.
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The insurer was not bound by the actions of the insurance broker who placed insurance with the insurer.
In Osceola County Circuit Court, Judge Young granted summary judgment in favor of the insurance carrier, Security First, of an insurance policy in effect at the time of a 2014 residential house fire.
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Superior Court affirms decision denying claimant’s petition for increased medical bill payments for ketamine infusions under the theory that the Delaware Fee Schedule does not apply and the Board should order payment of “reasonable cost” of treatment.
Ms. Taylor was injured in a compensable work accident on September 16, 2016. The injury later developed into Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) involving her right arm and right leg.
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To qualify as compensable under the heart-lung statute, the claimant must show “disability.”
The claimant, a law-enforcement officer, was hired in 2004 after undergoing a pre-employment physical. In 2008, he sought care with his primary care physician and was diagnosed with hypertension.
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New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Legislation Update
On July 20, 2023, the Governor of New Jersey signed A4832 / S3309 into law. This raises the maximum workers’ compensation fees for evaluating physicians and expands circumstances for which physicians’ legal fees are permitted.
What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 27, No.
Act 111, which enacted the Impairment Evaluation Provisions of Section 306(a.3) of the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act, is applicable to injuries sustained prior to its effective date and is not an unlawful delegation of legislative authority.
In this case, the claimant sustained a work injury on February 12, 2006. Subsequently, an IRE was performed on September 5, 2008, and an impairment rating of 0% was given.
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