Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Lawyer Blog http://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/ Published by Brilliant & Neiman, LLC en-us 2010-09-02T10:27:06-05:00 Injury Outside PA Can Be Compensable Under PA Workers’ Comp Act http://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/2010/09/injury_out_of_pa_can_be_compen_1.html A work injury is covered by the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act when the injury takes place in PA. However, even when a work injury occurs outside Pennsylvania, there are times PA has “jurisdiction” to hear the case. One of those... Case Law Update Glenn Neiman 2010-09-02T10:27:06-05:00 IME More Than Six Months Old Still Valid in PA Workers’ Comp http://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/2010/08/ime_more_than_six_months_old_s_1.html Before Labor Market Surveys (LMS)/Earning Power Assessments (EPA), workers’ comp insurance carriers in PA used to actually have to prove a specific job was available to an injured worker in order to modify or suspend workers’ compensation benefits. This changed... Case Law Update Glenn Neiman 2010-08-20T08:54:45-05:00 Rehab for ACL Tear May Be Beneficial Before Surgery http://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/2010/08/rehab_for_acl_tear_may_be_bene_1.html A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, reported by the Associated Press, found that amateur athletes (and by extension, victims of work injuries in PA), who have torn the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in their knee,... Medical News Glenn Neiman 2010-08-11T09:30:25-05:00 Review Petition to Add New Injury Barred in PA Workers’ Comp After Three Years http://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/2010/08/review_petition_to_add_new_inj_1.html In an earlier blog entry, we discussed the 2009 decision by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in Cinram Manufacturing v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Hill). This case discussed the procedure for amending a Notice of Compensation Payable (NCP). The Court,... Case Law Update Glenn Neiman 2010-08-02T10:08:14-05:00 PA Workers’ Comp Judge Agrees Armed Robbery is “Abnormal Working Condition” in Pennsylvania; Employer Appeals http://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/2010/07/pa_workers_comp_judge_agrees_a_1.html Some time ago, we made a brief deviation from our normal course of not blogging about own active cases, to discuss a liquor store clerk who was robbed at gunpoint. The PA Liquor Control Board (LCB) denied the claim, stating... Case Law Update Glenn Neiman 2010-07-20T09:24:46-05:00 Acupuncture Served As a Fatigue And Pain Treatment http://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/2010/07/acupuncture_served_as_a_fatigu_1.html We are pleased to present a guest blog post from http://www.metropolitanmds.com regarding the use of acupuncture. We thought this may be of benefit to injured workers, who may be interested in exploring alternative areas for pain relief: Acupuncture is one... Medical News Glenn Neiman 2010-07-14T10:41:43-05:00 Jobs Need Not Be Available For Modification in PA Workers’ Comp http://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/2010/07/jobs_need_not_be_available_for_1.html Years ago, before the 1996 amendments to the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act (Known as Act 57), a workers’ comp insurance company in PA had to prove that work was actually open and available to an injured worker in order to... Case Law Update Glenn Neiman 2010-07-09T10:41:25-05:00 Notice of Denial Accepts Case in PA Workers’ Comp http://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/2010/07/notice_of_denial_accepts_case_1.html In a previous blog posting, we discussed the case of Armstrong v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board, decided by the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in 2007. This case first allowed a PA workers’ compensation insurance carrier to use a Notice of... Case Law Update Glenn Neiman 2010-07-01T10:49:05-05:00 Employee Injured in Employer’s Parking Lot Entitled to PA Workers’ Comp http://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/2010/06/employee_injured_in_employers_1.html As we have discussed in several previous blog entries, an injury at work in PA must happen in the scope and course of employment to be compensable under the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act. Often, this is the issue in dispute... Case Law Update Glenn Neiman 2010-06-17T12:01:53-05:00 Worker Injured in Pre-Employment Screening Not an “Employee” at Time of Injury; PA Workers’ Compensation Benefits Denied http://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/2010/06/worker_injured_in_preemploymen_1.html While there is no minimum time a worker must be employed before the worker qualifies for workers’ compensation coverage in Pennsylvania, the worker must actually be “employed” at the time of the injury. This means there must be both an... Case Law Update Glenn Neiman 2010-06-08T14:48:30-05:00