By: Kevin L. Connors UNLISTED RESIDENT DRIVER EXCLUSION ENFORCEABLE UNDER PENNSYLVANIA LAW

November 26, 2019 by editor

UNLISTED RESIDENT DRIVER EXCLUSION ENFORCEABLE UNDER PENNSYLVANIA LAW By Kevin L. Connors Recently, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld the enforceability of an unlisted resident driver exclusion (“URDE”) as being consistent with the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law, as well as with the public policy considerations behind the PMVFRL. The particular policy in question had… Read more »

PROTZ THIS! By Kevin L. Connors, Esquire

November 08, 2019 by editor

Protz This! By: Kevin L. Connors    The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court recently affirmed the constitutionality of the 2018 IRE provisions under Pennsylvania WCA. So, as all of us as Pennsylvania practitioners recognize, IREs became an accessible mechanism for capping the potential lifetime exposure of a Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation claim, in the absence of one of… Read more »

How Personal is Personal

November 07, 2019 by editor

 How Personal is Personal  By: Kevin L. Connors      Recently, we were privileged to defend an Employer, against which a workers’ compensation claim was presented, for an Employee who was in the course of making a delivery, when the delivery truck was approached by a masked assailant, who then fired several gunshots into the rear… Read more »

SAVE THE DATE By: Kevin L. Connors, Esquire

August 08, 2019 by editor

SAVE THE DATE  By: Kevin L. Connors, Esquire       TO ALL WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PRACTITIONERS AND CLIENTS: The National Workers’ Compensation Defense Network is hosting its 2019 Fall Conference in Chicago, Illinois on September 26, 2019. The NWCDN event is open to all NWCDN member firms and their invited guests. The NWCDN never charges its guests for… Read more »

CONFLICTING I’S, IME VERSUS IRE IN PENNSYLVANIA By Kevin L. Connors, Esquire

August 05, 2019 by editor

CONFLICTING I’S, IME VERSUS IRE IN PENNSYLVANIA By Kevin L. Connors, Esquire Dear Client: So, which “I” do you pick, do you check the IME box, or do you check the IRE box?          Starting over, if you are dealing with an open workers’ compensation claim, in which liability has been accepted by the Employer/Insurer/Administrator,… Read more »

IS IT WORK-RELATED? By Kevin L. Connors, Esquire

July 18, 2019 by editor

IS IT WORK-RELATED? By Kevin L. Connors, Esquire So you are an Employer, by definition under most workers’ compensation statutes a “master”, with your employees, likewise being designated as “servants”, to fuel the pecuniary fiefdom that you propagate.             Yes, in business, for profit, with associated overhead for business expenses, to include payroll, benefits, yadda,… Read more »

By: Kevin L. Connors, Esq. NWCDN POLL

March 20, 2019 by editor

NWCDN POLL ON EMPLOYER SET-OFFS AND LIEN RECOVERY RIGHTS By Kevin L. Connors, Esquire             As the Pennsylvania Member Firm for the National Workers’ Compensation Defense Counsel Network, our Group, from time to time, provides national guidance to Employers, Insurers, and Third-Party Administrators, regarding how different states and jurisdictions deal with issues specific to the… Read more »

By:Kevin L. Connors, Esq. DATING A NTCP IN PENNSYLVANIA

February 13, 2019 by editor

DATING A NTCP IN PENNSYLVANIA By:Kevin L. Connors, Esq.              Dear Client:             First, for those not living and administering workers’ compensation claims in Pennsylvania, a Notice of Temporary Compensation Payable (NTCP) is what we regard, under our Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act, and the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s Regulations, as an administrative and procedural… Read more »