Date: Friday, April 15, 2011, 6:00am EDT – Last Modified: Friday, April 15, 2011, 11:03am EDT Credit the Marcellus gas exploration boom for keeping Judy Wojanis smiling these days. The emerging gas industry is fueling double-digit sales growth at Wojanis Hydraulic Supply Co. Inc., a Coraopolis-based supplier of pneumatic and fluid power equipment, said Wojanis, company… Read more »
(Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) tracking By Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Mar. 24–The discovery and development of the Marcellus shale natural gas deposits has been big news in Pennsylvania and neighboring states for several reasons. One is the massive energy resource it represents. Another is the jump in jobs it could create. A third is the tax revenue that… Read more »
Attorney John Finnerty is a 2009 and 2010 Recipient of the Equal Access to Justice Award from Lackawanna Pro Bono, Inc. for volunteer efforts in representing indigent clients.
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled that an employee who signed a Workers\’ Compensation Disclaimer at the time of commencing employment effectively waived her right to file claims against clients of her employer for damages otherwise covered under the Workers’ Compensation Act. In this case, Bowman v. Sunoco, Inc., the employee, Ms. Bowman filed a… Read more »
James suffered catastrophic injuries, including quadriplegia, when the truck he was driving as an employee for Peter Pan Transport, Inc. went off the road on Interstate 81 south of Scranton. James\’ attorney brought suit against various manufacturers of component parts of the truck. Unfortunately for James, Peter Pan Transport, Inc. had destroyed and failed to… Read more »
The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court has recently determined that the doctrine of res judicata precludes the filing of a second review petition to expand the description of the work related injury when the parties previously entered into a stipulation that expanded the description of injury. In Weney v. WCAB (Mac Sprinkler Systems, Inc.), the claimant was… Read more »
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently issued a decision indicating that a van modified to meets a quadriplegic claimant’s needs may fall within the definition of an “orthopedic appliance” that an employer is obligated to pay for under the provisions of the Pa. Workers’ Compensation Act (hereinafter “the Act”). In the case of Griffiths v WCAB… Read more »
In Lewis v. W.C.A.B. (Giles & Ransome, Inc.), 919 A.2d 922 (2007), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued an opinion detailing the high burden of proof employers face in attempting to terminate an injured employee’s workers’ compensation benefits. In general, a workers’ compensation judge may modify or terminate a claimant’s benefits when it has been demonstrated that the… Read more »
