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Thomas, Thomas & Hafer (“TT&H”) is proud to announce that for the year 2024, Super Lawyers® has recognized two lawyers from the firm’s Baltimore, MD office. Jamie L. DeSisto has been selected to the 2024 Maryland Super Lawyers list in the Workers’ Compensation category, while S. Joseph Cardile has been selected to the 2024 Maryland… read more

Harrisburg, PA – Thomas, Thomas & Hafer, LLP (“TTH”) has promoted three lawyers from associate to partner, effective January 1, 2024.  The three lawyers hail from three of the firm’s twelve offices.  Kevin McNamara, one of TTH’s managing partners, said: “Congratulations to Shannon Harkins, Paul Alexander and William Markwardt who were elected income partners of… read more

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) is permitted to impose a civil monetary penalty of “up to $1,000” per day for a liability insurer’s failure to comply with reporting requirements with respect to settlements of third-party liability claims with Medicare beneficiaries.  In October 2023, CMS adopted regulations specifying when and how it will… read more

Pending here was a Claim Petition alleging a work-related left shoulder injury. Faced with a seemingly credible Claimant, who attempted to continue working for over a week after the work accident, Attorney Mark Powell still convinced the Workers’ Compensation Judge to not find the Claimant entirely credible. Specifically, Attorney Powell capitalized on the Claimant’s attempts… read more

CLIENT ADVISORY PENNSYLVANIA CLIENT ADVISORY Pennsylvania Supreme Court upholds preclusion of evidence of a product liability defendant’s compliance with industry and governmental safety standards. In a much-anticipated decision, Sullivan v. Werner Company, No. 18 EAP 2022 (Pa. Dec. 22, 2023), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that product liability defendants may not introduce evidence of… read more