WRONGFUL DISCHARGE

January 16, 2017 by connorsodell

By Kevin L. Connors, Esquire A recent Commonwealth Court ruling in Owens v. Lehigh Valley Hospital, 472 C.D.2014, held that there is a cause of action in Pennsylvania for wrongful discharge of an Employee who has filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits, but has not filed a Claim Petition with the Pennsylvania Bureau of… Read more »

PARTNER ANNOUNCEMENT

December 07, 2015 by connorsodell

By Kevin L. Connors, Esquire ConnorsO’Dell LLP proudly announces that Jason Bates, Esquire, has joined the firm as a Partner in its Casualty Practice Litigation Group. Jason will be handling the defense of liability matters, involving personal injury matters, automobile liability, premises liability, products liability, first party liability, and insurance defense matters. Jason is a… Read more »

“HAVE FUN STORMIN DA CASTLE”; SALADWORKS VERSUS SIX L’S

December 02, 2015 by connorsodell

By: Kevin L. Connors, Esquire Channeling Miracle Max from the infamous Princess Bride Movie, Circa. 1987, in Saladworks v. WCAB, decided on October 6, 2015, the Commonwealth Court has, in effect, stormed the liability-deflecting fortress that the Uninsured Employers Guaranty Fund has erected around the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s milestone decision in Six L’s v. WCAB,… Read more »

EMPLOYERS’ LIABILITY EXCLUSIONS

October 27, 2015 by connorsodell

By Kevin L. Connors, Esquire Does an employer’s liability exclusion, typically found in commercial general liability policies, preclude coverage, not limited to claims brought by employees of an insured, but also for claims that might be brought by the employees of the co-insureds against the same insured? In Mutual Benefit Insurance v. Politsopoulos, 115 A.3rd… Read more »

CAN SICK COWS CLAIM COVERAGE?

October 23, 2015 by connorsodell

By Kevin L. Connors, Esquire In Pennsylvania National Mutual Insurance v. St. John, 106 A.3d 1 (Pa. 2014), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court addressed the applicable trigger of coverage in a case involving injuries to dairy cows that became sick within months of the negligent installation of a piping system that supplied their drinking water. Applying… Read more »

TRUCK DRIVER’S GUIDE TO PENNSYLVANIA EXTRA-TERRITORIALISM FOR WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

October 16, 2015 by connorsodell

By Kevin L. Connors, Esquire “We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!” Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. A recent decision by the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court addresses the issue of extra-territorial jurisdiction when employment is not principally localized in Pennsylvania. The case was decided by the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court on September 15, 2015. The… Read more »

PARTNER ANNOUNCEMENT

September 30, 2015 by connorsodell

ConnorsO’Dell proudly announces that John Freeman joins the ranks of Partners in our Casualty Litigation Practice Group. Born and raised in Norristown, John graduated Cum Laude, with a Bachelors of Science in Industrial Technology, from Millersville University. After exploring the field of electronics manufacturing, John attended Temple University’s School of Law, receiving his Juris Doctorate… Read more »

PENNSYLVANIA EDITS IMPAIRMENT RATING EVALUATIONS

September 24, 2015 by connorsodell

By Kevin L. Connors, Esquire “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them”, citing Albert Einstein. On September 18, 2015, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court invalidated an Impairment Rating Evaluation that had been conducted under Section 306(a.2) of the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act, concluding that the Impairment Rating Evaluation… Read more »

PENNSYLVANIA’S UBER ALERT

July 08, 2015 by connorsodell

By Kevin L. Connors, Esquire Recently, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department issued an alert, urging drivers for services like Uber and Lyft to contact their insurance companies and insurance agencies to insure that the drivers and their passengers are adequately covered in terms of appropriate insurance policies and limits. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has issued… Read more »

TO NOTICE OR NOT TO NOTICE UNDER THE PENNSYLVANIA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ACT

June 23, 2015 by connorsodell

By Kevin L. Connors, Esquire “Just because I don’t care, doesn’t mean I don’t understand”, brilliantly drooled by Homer Simpson. In the School District of Philadelphia v. the WCAB, in a Decision issued by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on May 26, 2015, authored by Justice Baer, the Supreme Court was asked to decide whether Section… Read more »