Posts Categorized: DLP Law

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WAYNE COUNTY/HONESDALE WORK INJURY ATTORNEYS AT DLP NAMED SUPER LAWYERS

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Dougherty Leventhal & Price LLP—DLP–is proud to announce that Partners Cal Leventhal and  Tom Cummings who head the firm’s worker compensation unit along with John Finnerty, have been named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers by Philadelphia Magazine.  It is believed that Attorney Leventhal is the only resident attorney from Wayne County who received the Super Lawyer honor…. Read more »

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GAS DRILLING ACCIDENT AND CAR/TRUCK ACCIDENT LAWYERS–DLP–Pennsylvania Gas Country News

Posted by & filed under DLP Law, Gas Drilling Injuries.

Issues surrounding the natural gas boom in Pennsylvania continue to make the news.  In NEPA,  UGI announced that due to increased natural gas production in the Marcellus Shale Region it will be LOWERING home heating gas prices in 2013.  This reduction is similar to price reductions last year.  The price of natural gas is at… Read more »

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GAS DRILLING ACCIDENT LAWYERS–DLP–Zoning Case Pending/Gas Production Increases

Posted by & filed under DLP Law, Gas Drilling Injuries.

Reports today note that Democratic Legislators in Harrisburg have filed a “friends of the court ” brief in Commonwealth Court.  The brief was filed in the case challenging the zoning portions of Act 34.  Several local municipalities challenged the new law over zoning provisions that give the state and natural gas drillers control over gas… Read more »

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DEATH ACTIONS IN WORKERS’ COMPENSATION CASES

Posted by & filed under Areas of Practice, DLP Law, Serious Injury, Truck Accidents, Workers Compensation.

            Mary’s husband Todd was killed as a result of his attempt to repair an airbrake line on a trailer that his truck was pulling. Todd’s employer, Wrong Way Trucking Company, took the position that Todd was an independent contractor since Todd had signed an agreement stating that he was in fact an independent contractor… Read more »