In Maxim Crane Works v. W.C.A.B. (Solano),931 A.2d 816 (Pa.Cmwlth.2007), the Court addressed the applicability of a retroactive offset of the Claimant’s workers’ compensation wage loss benefits based upon his concurrent receipt of Social Security “old age” benefits. Section 204(a) of the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act (“the Act”), 77 P.S. § 71(a), provides that fifty… Read more »
In a case involving the recently-created Uninsured Employer Guaranty Fund (UEGF), Attorney Thomas Cummings of the DLP law firm secured an award of wage loss benefits and payment of medical expenses for a gentleman who was injured while employed for an entity whose workers’ compensation insurance coverage had lapsed. On November 9, 2006, Governor Rendell… Read more »
In a recent decision, the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB), has held that an employer has failed to meet it’s burden of proof in a pension offset case. In Albani v. The WCAB rejected the testimony of UMWA Health and Retirement Fund’s enrolled actuary. In Albani v. Consolidation Coal Company, the WCAB held that… Read more »
On October 23, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed an omnibus workers’ compensation bill that was previously approved by the state Senate on Oct. 18. This legislation, which was developed in cooperation with PaTLA and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, will streamline the state’s Workers’ Compensation system without restricting the rights of injured… Read more »
