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posted in |Cases and Settlements
by June 20, 2013
|No! In Eleazar Ortiz v. WCAB, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania held that Claimant’s status as an undocumented alien does not preclude the award of temporary total disability benefits under the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act. However, if an employer wants to suspend a claimant’s TTD, it does not have to show job availability under a […]
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by June 10, 2013
|Absolutely not. The IME report is simply an opinion from a hand picked doctor by the insurer. The IME doctor does not have the final say- the Work Comp Judge does! You will be able to have your doctor’s reports, or deposition, taken to defend any allegation of a recovery, in addition to your own […]
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by June 10, 2013
|NO! So many injured workers mistakenly believe that their nurse case manager is their friend and looking out for them. WRONG! They are essentially a spy hired by the employer or insurer to interfere with your medical appointments and to put pressure on the doctor to release you back to work. You are an adult […]
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by May 31, 2013
|Generally speaking, the answer is NO. If your claim was denied by the Employer/Insurer, then you will be litigating what’s called a Claim Petition before a Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Judge. The judge, in this context, does not make any Decision at the first hearing. Most judges will hear the injured worker’s testimony at the first […]
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by May 21, 2013
|I discussed what Notice of Ability To Return To Work means in a PA Work Comp case in a previous post in January 2013. I re-post it below as I am getting more and more questions from clients and prospective clients about a Notice of Ability To Return To Work. The Notice of Ability To […]
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by May 7, 2013
|Michael W. Cardamone has passed a first of its kind and challenging Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation certification exam that only a small number of Pennsylvania Work Comp Attorneys sat for. As a result of this achievement, Cardamone is now Certified as a specialist in the practice of workers’ compensation law by the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Section […]
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