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SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES PA CASE SUMMARIES Alpini v. WCAB (Tinicum Township) Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania No. 92 C.D. 2020 Decided: July 19, 2021 The Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law does not preclude an employer who paid Heart and Lung benefits from subrogation against a claimant’s third-party settlement for alleged liability under the Dram Shop Act,… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES PA CASE SUMMARIES Jack Lehr Electric v. Unemployment Comp. Bd. of Review Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania No. 913 C.D. 2020 Decided: June 8, 2021 In a published opinion, the Commonwealth Court held that an employee that tested positive for marijuana was eligible for unemployment benefits because he had acquired a medical marijuana… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES PA CASE SUMMARIES Weaver v. Breinig Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania No. 490 C.D. 2021 Pa. Commw. Unpub. LEXIS 224 Decided: April 26, 2021 After parking in her usual spot in Employer’s parking spot, Plaintiff’s slip and fall on ice while walking towards the building was considered in the course and scope of… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES PENNSYLVANIA CASE LAW UPDATE Malecki v. WCAB (Franklin Regional Sch. Dist.) 582 C.D. 2020 Filed March 26, 2021, 2021 WL 1157693 (unreported, Pa. Commw. 2021) The causation element of an original claim petition may be established even in the absence of unequivocal medical evidence if the causal connection between employment, injury, and… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES PENNSYLVANIA CASE LAW UPDATE Daisy A. Rodriguez, M.D. v. W.C.A.B. (Adecco Group of North America) 2021 Pa. Commw. Unpub. LEXIS 5; 2021 WL 49966 Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, January 6, 2021 In  An Accepted Claim, the Employer May Legitimately Deny Medical Bills if the Treatment Reflected by Those Bills Concerns Body Parts/Medical Conditions… read more