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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

TT&H attorney Jamie DeSisto prevailed in a jury trial on the Employer’s appeal from a decision of the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission to the Circuit Court, successfully arguing that the prior decision of the Commission was incorrect on the issue of causation of and entitlement to temporary total disability and medical treatment, including back surgery…. read more

Elisabel Folk v. Kaolin Mushroom Farms, Inc. (Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board) 1603 CD 2022 Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania Opinion by: Judge Wolf Filed: April 19, 2024 Background Elisabel Folk, the claimant, filed a Claim Petition and a Petition to Modify Compensation Benefits against Kaolin Mushroom Farms, Inc. (Employer), following a fall on February 18, 2020…. read more