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Yesterday, October 29, 2024, Governor Shapiro signed into law an amendment to the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act which abolishes the “abnormal working conditions” standard for post-traumatic stress injuries for first responders. Depending on the triggering event, first responders who have been diagnosed with such mental injuries, will be entitled to up to 104 weeks of… read more

Matt Clayberger, a partner in the firm’s Camp Hill office, recently obtained a defense verdict following a four-day jury trial in Franklin County.  Attorney Clayberger represented a local water treatment company and its employee.  The lawsuit involved claims of negligence and negligent misrepresentation arising out of the testing of residential well water at the Plaintiffs’… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Pennsylvania Case Summaries Phillips v. Altair Real Estate Servs. Pennsylvania Superior Court 2024 WL 4052199, 2024 Pa. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2223 Decided: September 5, 2024 The Superior Court of Pennsylvania Expands the “hills and ridges” liability defense to apply to snow removal entities in negligence actions. Background This negligence action arises from… read more

Thomas Thomas & Hafer attorneys Caroline Gentilcore and John Morgan recently prevailed before a Greater Philadelphia Area Workers’ Compensation Judge on a contested claim for benefits arising from an alleged lung condition attributed to occupational exposure. The Claimant alleged that he was exposed to cleaning solvents while working in a slaughterhouse. However, his medical expert… read more

TT&H Attorney Chelsea Williams, an associate in the Philadelphia, PA office, recently won a slip and fall case in Delaware County, PA.  In the litigation that was pending in the Delaware County Court of the Common Pleas, the Plaintiff claimed significant and permanent injuries to her right knee and left hip, resulting in injections, 3… read more