SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES PA CASE SUMMARIES Gleason v. Alfred I. Dupont Hosp. for Children & Nemours Found. Superior Court of Pennsylvania No. 1757 EDA 2021 Decided: August 29, 2022 A workers’ compensation insurer cannot dispute the allocation of funds relative to a third party negligence and loss of consortium lawsuit
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES MD CASE SUMMARY Patrick Spevak v. Montgomery County, Maryland No., 44, September Term 2021, In the Court of Appeals Filed: August 15, 2022 The Court of Appeals held that permanent partial disability benefits and government service-connected total disability retirement benefits are “similar benefits” under Md. Code (1991,
SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATIVE UPDATE DC Passes Emergency Legislation for Workers’ Comp ‘Parity’ Resolution Lawmakers introduced a Resolution, which proposes to amend DC workers’ compensation so that a claimant may receive benefits under the DC comp system even if they have already received benefits in a different jurisdiction. Up until now, the
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES VA CASE SUMMARY Bryant v. Leidos Holdings, Inc. Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission VA02000032924 Decided: September 9, 2022 Background Claimant lived in Virginia, and was hired by Leidos Holdings – a publicly traded subsidiary of Lockheed Martin – to service a client in Maryland. Claimant commuted from his
