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SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Pennsylvania Case Summaries Phillips v. Altair Real Estate Servs. Pennsylvania Superior Court 2024 WL 4052199, 2024 Pa. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2223 Decided: September 5, 2024 The Superior Court of Pennsylvania Expands the “hills and ridges” liability defense to apply to snow removal entities in negligence actions. Background This negligence action arises from… read more

Thomas Thomas & Hafer attorneys Caroline Gentilcore and John Morgan recently prevailed before a Greater Philadelphia Area Workers’ Compensation Judge on a contested claim for benefits arising from an alleged lung condition attributed to occupational exposure. The Claimant alleged that he was exposed to cleaning solvents while working in a slaughterhouse. However, his medical expert… read more

TT&H Attorney Chelsea Williams, an associate in the Philadelphia, PA office, recently won a slip and fall case in Delaware County, PA.  In the litigation that was pending in the Delaware County Court of the Common Pleas, the Plaintiff claimed significant and permanent injuries to her right knee and left hip, resulting in injections, 3… read more

Thomas, Thomas & Hafer Attorney Marc Aoun recently prevailed before a Greater Philadelphia Workers’ Compensation Judge on two Penalty Petitions and two Reinstatement Petitions.  The Claimant alleged that her indemnity benefits had been issued late numerous times over the course of approximately one year and at an incorrect rate.  Claimant sought a penalty for the… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Pennsylvania Case Summaries Federated Ins. Co. v. Summit Pharmacy (Bureau of Workers’ Comp. Fee Rev. Hrg. Office) No. 61 MAL 2024 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Appeal Granted: August 27, 2024 The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has granted an appeal in the case of Federated Insurance Company v. Summit Pharmacy, which challenges key… read more