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SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES PA CASE SUMMARIES John Bark v. Sooner Steel, LLC (WCAB) Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania No. 540 C.D. 2021 Decided: March 21, 2022 Claimant riding home in a company truck was in the course and scope of employment based on an oral employment contract which included transportation. Background Claimant was a laborer for… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES MD CASE SUMMARY United Parcel Service, et al. v. David Strothers In the Court of Special Appeals Filed: February 4, 2022 Establishing a hernia claim only requires a preponderance of the evidence, the same standard of proof as in other occupational disease claims. Background Claimant sustained an abdominal injury while using a… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES VA CASE SUMMARY Johnson v. General Dynamics Corp. Virginia Court of Appeals No. 0645-21-3 Decided: March 8, 2022 The first-aid doctrine does not allow a compensable consequence injury when the first injury was non-compensable, nor when the Claim for Benefits did not specifically include the negligent first-aid injury. Background Claimant’s wife brought… read more

TT&H is pleased to announce that Mackenzie A. Payne has joined the firm’s general liability practice group in the Fairfax, Virginia office.  Mackenzie joins the firm after having previously worked in elder law, primarily in trust and estate administration. Mackenzie is a 2020 graduate of the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University.  She… read more

Attorney Nick Schaufelberger recently prevailed in a breach of contract matter in Charles County, Maryland, in front of The Honorable Thurman Rhodes.  The suit concerned repair work performed on the Plaintiff’s vehicle in February 2021.  At that time, the Plaintiff had brought his vehicle to Nick’s client, a repair shop, complaining that the vehicle would… read more