SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARY Pennsylvania Significant Case Summary 700 Pharmacy v. Bureau of Workers’ Comp. Fee Review Hearing Office (State Workers’ Ins. Fund) Nos. 97-101 MAP 2024 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Decided: June 16, 2026 Pennsylvania Supreme Court holds that the Legislature did not intend to include prescription drugs as one
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARY West Virginia Significant Case Summary Amanda McCormick v. Orgill, Inc. No. 25-ICA-446 Intermediate Court of Appeals of West Virginia Decided: June 2, 2026 Where a claim is closed on a basis nonresponsive to its pleading, the decision violates the substantial rights of the petitioner. Facts The Claimant
TTH attorneys Jim Tinnyo and John Morgan recently prevailed before a greater Philadelphia area Workers’ Compensation Judge in an Act 46 Fatal Claim Petition – one of the most difficult petitions to defend given the complexity of the scientific issues and the evidentiary advantages afforded to claimants. The claimant attempted
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Pennsylvania Significant Case Summaries Scomed Supply v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. and Sedgwick Claims Mgmt. Servs. (Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Fee Review Hearing Office) Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania No. 79 C.D. 2025 Decided: March 16, 2026 Entities who only supply medical equipment, without providing licensed medical
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARY Maryland Significant Case Summary Dennie v. Montgomery Cnty Appellate Court of Maryland No. 993, Sept. Term, 2024 Filed: March 2, 2026 Montgomery County was not entitled to an offset under LE § 9-610 because Claimant’s retirement benefits and workers’ compensation benefits did not cover the same injury.
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Washington DC Significant Case Summary Jannie White v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services and Howard University, et al. District of Columbia Court of Appeals Nos. 24-AA-0701 & 24-AA-0746 Decided: January 13, 2026 Claimant’s voluntary retirement did not bar her eligibility for disability benefits when the
