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Is a Construction Site Injury a Workers’ Comp Claim or a Personal Injury Lawsuit? Workers’ compensation cases involving construction injuries are complex matters, and attorneys on both the claimants’ and defendants’ side need to know the ins and outs of the Construction Workplace Misclassification Act (CWMA). No individual may be classified as an independent contractor… Read more

Can You File a Workers’ Comp Claim and a Personal Injury Case at the Same Time? As a general rule, the Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act provides the exclusive remedy for employees who seek recovery for injuries sustained in the course of their employment. This means that employees who receive workers’ compensation benefits may not also… Read more

What are Medicare Set-Aside Agreements? A Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Agreement (MSA) is a financial agreement that allocates a portion of a workers’ compensation settlement to pay for future medical services related to the work injury that Medicare would have otherwise paid. The purpose of the MSA is to protect the Medicare Trust Fund by… Read more

On November 4th, Governor Tom Wolf signed Senate Bill 94 (SB-94) into law, after it had unanimously passed both the Pennsylvania House and Senate last week. SB-94 is the latest amendment to the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act and expands the definition of who is considered an employee of volunteer emergency responders to include those that… Read more

Consistent and reliable medical treatment is at the heart of almost every successful workers’ compensation claim, and a recent Commonwealth Court decision in Ciarolla v. WCAB (Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals) reinforces the critical role it plays.  In fact, any gaps in medical treatment can be used to undermine an injured worker’s claim, and anyone with an injury… Read more