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by October 3, 2013
|A Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set Aside is a financial arrangement which allocates a certain portion of a Workers’ Compensation Settlement for future medical care. The Medicare Set Aside funds must be used up before Medicare pays for the work-related injury or illness. What is the purpose of a Medicare Set Aside? The purpose is to […]
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by September 25, 2013
|These are some general guidelines of mine for clients when they testify in a deposition in a Pennsylvania Work Comp case, or before the Workers’ Compensation Judge. If you have an attorney handling your case, you should speak to them about their suggestions and experience. -Always tell the truth. This goes without saying but I […]
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by September 14, 2013
|No! In Manitowoc Co., INC. v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Cowan), No. 472 C.D. 2013, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania correctly determined that the mere offering of alternative theories as to how an injured worker died after a fall didn’t render that opinion equivocal. This matter involved a fatal claim petition stemming from a fall […]
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by September 4, 2013
|If you are an injured worker in Pennsylvania (or even if you live outside of PA, but were injured in PA and thus subject to the PA Work Comp Act), you will want to look at the Notice of Compensation Payable– this is a key document that is issued and filed by the work comp […]
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by August 28, 2013
|Supersedeas is the employer or insurer’s request to reduce or eliminate indemnity (wage loss) benefits based on an allegation of a full recovery or an earning power. The request is made in the Petition to Terminate, Suspend, or Modify. The injured worker is allowed to rebut the request for Supersedeas. If you are an injured […]
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by August 27, 2013
|YES! It is a myth that an injured worker, who may have hurt her back in the past, cannot pursue workers’ compensation as a result of aggravating her back while working. I frequently talk with people who believe they cannot pursue PA Work Comp benefits because they had pain in the same body part before […]
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