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U.S. News & World Report (“U.S. News”) has ranked Thomas, Thomas & Hafer, LLP (“TT&H”) as one of the top law firms in the Harrisburg and Pittsburgh regions in a number of practice areas for the year 2024.  TT&H rankings for 2024 include: Metropolitan Tier 1 Harrisburg Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers Metropolitan Tier 2… read more

Thomas, Thomas & Hafer is pleased to announce that Javier Zurita has passed the Pennsylvania Bar Exam and has joined the firm as an associate in the Ambler, PA office.  Javier will focus his practice on general liability and insurance coverage issues. Javier received his Juris Doctor from Temple University Beasley School of Law.  While… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Pennsylvania Case Summaries Keffer v. Colfax Corp. (WCAB) Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania No. 1110 C.D. 2022 Decided: August 11, 2023 An employer is not obligated to notify a claimant of the date upon which the three-year statute of repose will expire. Background The Claimant sustained a work injury on December 18, 2014…. read more

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court granted an application to publish a Workers’ Compensation case that Burke McLemore of TT&H’s Camp Hill, Pennsylvania office won. Burke persuaded the Workers’ Compensation Judge that the three year statute of repose barred the Claimant’s review and reinstatement petitions despite the Claimant having filed the petitions within three years of having… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Pennsylvania Case Summaries Charter v. Lehigh Valley Health Network (WCAB) Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania No. 1152 C.D. 2022 Decided: September 22, 2023 A claimant will not be entitled to litigation costs where he/she does not prevail on a contested issue. Background The claimant sustained a work injury on September 15, 2020, and… read more