Pennsylvania Work Comp News

Published by Howdy Workers on May 10, 2021May 10, 2021

The latest news about workers compensation in Pennsylvania.

• Tow Company Must Pay Benefits for Driver's Fatal Accident Since Driver Qualified as Employee
  May 17, 2021
  The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a tow company operator was liable for the payment of death benefits to the family of a tow truck driver because he was…
• Worker Can Have Total Disability Status Reinstated
  May 6, 2021
  The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker was entitled to the modification of his partial disability status following the invalidation of the state’s impairment rating evaluation process. Case: County…
• Injured Firefighter Gets Post-Protz Reinstatement of Total Disability Status
  April 30, 2021
  The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an injured firefighter was entitled to reinstatement of his total disability status following the state Supreme Court’s decision to strike the impairment rating…
• Worker Gets Benefits for Injuries From Shuttle Accident
  April 26, 2021
  The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker was entitled to temporary total disability benefits for injuries from a shuttle accident while riding to her workplace. Case: West Penn Allegheny…
• Insurance Commissioner Approves 3.02% Loss-Cost Reduction
  April 5, 2021
  The Pennsylvania Insurance Department announced that Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman approved an average 3.02% reduction in loss costs. Commissioner Jessica Altman The department announced that Altman approved the reduction on Thursday,…
• Court Orders Liquidation of OneBeacon Successor Bedivere
  March 30, 2021
  The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ordered the liquidation of Bedivere Insurance Co., the successor to One Beacon Insurance Co, which entered runoff in 2013. Bedivere wrote policies in all 50 states but…
• Guardian Can Challenge Subrogation Against Future Medical Benefits
  March 15, 2021
  The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the guardian of a severely injured worker could challenge the employer’s entitlement to subrogate future medical benefits from a settlement with a third-party…
• Widow Can Compel Disclosure of Safety Consultant's Report on Fatal Accident
  March 3, 2021
  The Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that a widow was entitled to compel the production of a report prepared by an independent consulting firm into the causes of her husband's fatal fall…
• Supreme Court to Rule on Whether Fee Awards Issue Only if Employer Unreasonably Contests Claim
  February 26, 2021
  The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will be weighing in on whether an employer's unreasonable contest of a claim is a prerequisite to a fee award under Section 440 of the Workers’ Compensation…
• First Employer Charged Under Misclassification Law Pleads Guilty
  February 12, 2021
  One of four people charged in the first-ever application of a 2011 Pennsylvania misclassification law has pleaded guilty. Armando Garcia-Ramirez, 55, owner of G&R Drywall and Framing, had been charged with illegally…

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