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TT&H Attorneys Marc Aoun and John Morgan recently received a favorable decision from the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board over an issue relating to the timeliness of Act 46 claims. The evidence showed that the Claimant was diagnosed with an occupational disease in February 2018, knew or believed it was work-related in February 2018, and stopped… read more

TT&H attorney, Christopher Scott, prevailed in a hotly contested case involving illegal self-referrals of doctors who have ownership stakes in pharmacies. The Commonwealth Court affirmed the decision of the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Fee Review Hearing Office (Judge Torrey acting as a Med Fee Hearing officer) in 700 Pharmacy v. State Workers’ Insurance Fund (SWIF)…. read more

TT&H attorney Caroline Gentilcore recently prevailed before a Greater Philadelphia Area Workers’ Compensation Judge in a Termination and Review litigation. The claimant filed Review Petitions attempting to add a cervical spine injury which required surgery along with the disfigurement resulting from that surgery. The claimant also filed a Review Petition to add lumbar radiculopathy. The… read more

Thomas, Thomas & Hafer (“TT&H”) is pleased to announce that Javier A. Soler has joined the firm’s general liability practice group in the Ambler, PA office.  Prior to joining TT&H, Javier worked in the City of Philadelphia Law Department Right to Know Unit, where he advised various City departments on responding to public records requests,… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Pennsylvania Case Summaries Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board v. Amato Berardi (WCAB) Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania No. 147 C.D. 2023 Decided February 8, 2024 The Court found a trip and fall in a public parking lot during a lunch break to be within the course and scope of employment for purposes of the… read more