THE FUTURE OF LEGISLATIVE REFORMS OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION IN PENNSYLVANIA

August 16, 2013 by connorsodell

By Kevin L. Connors, Esquire Two years away from the one-hundredth anniversary of the enactment of the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act, Governor Thomas Corbett has proposed several reforms to the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act, including provisions that would reform the following: Injured Employee’s requirement to procure prescription medications from employer-designated dispensing sources; Medical care providers’… Read more »

SEPTA v. WCAB (Cunningham) No. 2045 C.D. 2011 (Pa. Cmwlth. July 12, 2013)

August 15, 2013 by connorsodell

By:  Lisa A. Miller, Esquire             The Court reversed the Order of the Appeal Board, which reversed the order of the WCJ suspending the Claimant’s benefits.             On June 11, 1996, the Claimant sustained an injury to his right knee in the course and scope of his employment as a first class body mechanic.  The Claimant… Read more »

UPDATE ON PENNSYLVANIA FACEBOOK DECISIONS

June 25, 2013 by connorsodell

By Kevin L. Connors, Esquire The Rule that has been emerging in Pennsylvania, related to discovery of Facebook postings by Plaintiffs in personal injury cases, or, for that matter, Claimants in workers’ compensation matters, is that the courts are generally granting limited discovery requests, with the threshold question being the extent to which the postings… Read more »

“YOU TALKIN TO ME?”

June 25, 2013 by connorsodell

By Jeffrey D. Snyder, Esquire and Kevin L. Connors, Esquire – The Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s recent Decision in Bowman v. Sunoco, Inc., decided on April 25, 2013, validates an agreement that an employee had entered into, when initially hired by her employer, Allied Barton, under which the employee agreed that he/she would not bring a third-party… Read more »

Super Congrats

May 24, 2013 by connorsodell

By Kevin L. Connors, Esquire ConnorsLaw proudly congratulates its partner, Robert F. Horn, Chair of our Subrogation Practice Group, on his recent confirmation as a 2013 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer as nominated and affirmed by his professional peers. This milestone in Bob’s professional career caps his rapid ascendency as an attorney evincing the highest professional standards… Read more »

RECENT AMENDMENT OF PRCP No. 1311.1

May 22, 2013 by connorsodell

By Kevin L. Connors, Esquire Effective as of April 8, 2013, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has amended Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure No. 1311.1, dealing with procedures on Appeals from awards of arbitrators. The amendment deals with the admission of documentary evidence, when a party appeals an award of arbitrators to the Trial Court division… Read more »

A POSTSCRIPT TO PENNSYLVANIA RETIREMENTS INVOLVING WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

May 15, 2013 by connorsodell

By Jeffrey D. Snyder, Esquire and Kevin L. Connors, Esquire On the Achilles heel of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s recent Opinion in the City of Pittsburgh UPMC v. WCAB, a Decision that discussed the burden of proof in voluntary withdrawals from the workforce cases, the Commonwealth   Court has now rendered an Opinion on that same… Read more »

CERTIFIED CONGRATS

May 15, 2013 by connorsodell

By Kevin L. Connors, Esquire Joining with our clients and professional contacts, ConnorsLaw congratulates its three partners, Kevin Connors, Kate O’Dell, and Lisa Miller, all of whom have now successfully passed the recent Workers’ Compensation Specialist Certification test administered by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Workers’ Compensation on March 8, 2013. Passage of this certification test… Read more »

SUMMARY OF PENNSYLVANIA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW

May 02, 2013 by connorsodell

By Kevin L. Connors, Esquire The following is a broad summary of practices and procedures under Pennsylvania’s Workers’ Compensation Act, 77. P.S. § 1-1031, I.          Filing Deadlines: Employee required to report injury to employer within 21 days of occurrence, for notice provisions of WCA; notice must be to management. If not report within 120 days of… Read more »