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Thomas, Thomas & Hafer Attorneys Marc Aoun and John Morgan recently prevailed before a Greater Philadelphia Area Workers’ Compensation Judge, terminating a claimant’s benefits while successfully defending the claimant’s attempt to expand her compensable injury. The claimant – a nurse – injured her shoulder at work, but eventually moved across the country to follow her… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Pennsylvania Case Summaries Borrelli v. Interstate Gas Supply, Inc. (Workers’ Comp. Appeal Bd.) Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania No. 188 C.D. 2024 Decided February 24, 2025 The doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel prohibit a claimant from expanding the description of a work injury beyond the description of injury contained in a… read more

TT&H Attorney Amanda Hennessey recently represented a homeowner who lived uphill from Plaintiffs’ property.  Plaintiffs moved into their property a few years before the uphill property owner, and immediately experienced issues with water draining from a pipe connected to a sump pump from the uphill property.  These issues were reported to the Township, but no… read more

Mental injuries for First Responders  On October 29, 2024, Governor Shapiro signed Senate Bill 365 into law as Act 121 of 2024, which amends the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act as it pertains to compensation for mental-mental injuries/post-traumatic stress injuries (PTSI) for first responders. The new law takes effect on October 29, 2025. The full copy… read more

TT&H attorneys Mark Powell and John Morgan recently prevailed before a Harrisburg Workers’ Compensation Judge on a Claim Petition, convincing the judge to deny the claim in its entirety on course and scope grounds, an issue which was bifurcated for a preliminary decision. The claimant was discovered on the alleged date of injury lying in… read more