We are excited to relay the news that the Pennsylvania Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, Office of Adjudication, has announced that there will be three new additions to the workers’ comp bench. Two will be serving the Philadelphia Workers’ Compensation Hearing
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Workers’ Compensation Judge Need Not Set Aside Erroneously Issued Notice of Compensation Payable
By Glenn Neiman
When a party files a document in the world of Pennsylvania workers’ compensation, it means something. As with most areas of the law, parties are bound by what is filed. So, a recent decision by the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania,…
IRE Must Consider All Medical Conditions “Due To” The Work Injury
By Glenn Neiman
As we have addressed in a previous blog post, discussing the case of City of Philadelphia v. Turner (Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board), a Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) cannot allow the conditions considered by an Impairment Rating Evaluation (IRE) to…
Brilliant & Neiman LLC Moving Offices!
By Glenn Neiman
Though we loved having our headquarters in Warminster, Pennsylvania, for more than the past decade, we strive to be accessible to injured workers across PA. Accordingly, we will no longer have an office in Warminster. We will be keeping our…
PA Supreme Court Upholds Coverage for all “Medicines and Supplies” Related to Work Injury
By Glenn Neiman
Back in November, 2023, we discussed the case of M.R. Schmidt v. Schmidt, Kirifides and Rassias, PC (Workers Compensation Appeal Board). As you may recall, this case addressed an issue regarding payment for CBD oil used in conjunction with…
PA Workers’ Comp Insurer Fails to Prove Injured Worker Withdrew From Labor Market
By Glenn Neiman
While we do not typically discuss “unreported” decisions of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania (see this blog post on the difference between reported and unreported decisions), a recent such decision touches on an important topic – the concept…
“Specific Loss” Benefits in PA Workers’ Compensation Has Higher Benefit Rate Than Total Disability
By Glenn Neiman
Workers’ compensation benefits in Pennsylvania consist of three types (aside from fatal claim benefits, which are not really relevant for this discussion). These are described in detail on our website. There are wage loss benefits (also known as “indemnity”),…
PA Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Names New Judge Manager for Southeastern District
By Glenn Neiman
It is a time of change at the Pennsylvania Bureau of Workers’ Compensation! As we addressed in a recent post, the former Judge Manager for the Southeastern District, Judge Holly San Angelo, has taken over the top spot as the…
PA Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Creates Form for Direct Deposit
By Glenn Neiman
As we previously mentioned on our Blog, Senate Bill 1232 was created to require insurance carriers to offer direct deposit of PA workers’ compensation benefits to injured workers across the State of Pennsylvania. Hopefully, this will allay the difficulties…
PA Injured Worker Unable to Add Medical Condition Related to Accepted Work Injury
By Glenn Neiman
As we have discussed in this blog previously, changes to an accepted work injury in PA come in two types – “corrective” and “consequential.” The difference between these two situations can make or break a case, as recently illustrated by…