SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Pennsylvania Case Summaries Solid Waste Services, Inc. v. St. Luke’s Hospital (Bureau of Workers’ Compensation) Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania No. 69 C.D. 2022 Decided: April 25, 2023 It remains an unanswered question whether the Protz decision renders the trauma billing exception an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority.
SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATIVE UPDATES Maryland Legislative Update Maryland legislature passes a bill expanding the existing law to allow 25% of Workers’ Compensation benefits to be garnished to pay unpaid of past-due child support. Maryland General Assembly 2023 Session House Bill 800 Under current law, 25% of net recovery on a claim
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Virginia Case Summary Abu Jalloh v. S.W. Rodgers Court of Appeals of Virginia 0920-22-4 Decided April 4, 2023 A “good faith effort” to provide a panel of physicians, which included providing copies of a panel list to claimant’s wife at his home, was insufficient to satisfy the
