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SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES New Jersey Case Summary Juan Polanvo Urena v A&D Freight Logistics, LLC, et. al. NO. A-23-2-21 New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division Decided: July 29, 2024 Background The deceased owned and operated Triple Star Transport, LLC, that transported materials through A&D Container Logistics, LLC when he was involved in a work accident… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Washington, DC Case Summary Rieger v. D.C. Dep’t of Emp. Servs. D.C. Court of Appeals No. 23-AA-0544, 2024 D.C. App. LEXIS 206 Decided: June 6, 2024 An injury that occurred before the start of the workday, while the employee was travelling on public sidewalk between two parts of an employer’s premises, may… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Virginia Case Summary Hanover County, et al. v. Scott M. Moore Court of Appeals of Virginia No. 0715-23-2 Decided: July 9, 2024 Claimant’s Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm was “heart disease” and thus presumed compensable under Code § 65.2-402(B). Background In 2003, Claimant began working as a firefighter for Hanover County. In September 2021,… read more

TT&H attorneys Marc Aoun and John Morgan recently convinced an Altoona-area workers’ compensation judge to grant a termination petition and deny a claim petition in a heavily contested claim originally accepted as carpal tunnel syndrome. The litigation started when the employer’s medical expert found the claimant to be fully recovered in November 2021. Thereafter, the… read more

Thomas, Thomas & Hafer Attorney Joseph Shields recently prevailed before a Northeastern Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Judge on a Claim Petition.  The Employer was a temporary agency and sent its employees to work for one of the Employer’s clients.  However, it did not identify that client as an alternate employer, or location for the employee to… read more