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PA Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Names New Director of Adjudication
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PA Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Announces Maximum Rate for 2025
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DHS Lien Not Automatically Reimbursable Under PA Workers’ Comp
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PA Workers’ Compensation Available to First Responders Suffering Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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PA Workers Compensation Judge Must Consider All Conditions “Due To” A Work Injury In IRE
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Direct Deposit for PA Workers’ Compensation Benefits Moves a Step Closer
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Torn Meniscus Is Significant Injury in PA Workers’ Comp
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No Credit For Pension Benefits Against PA Workers’ Compensation Benefits Post-Retirement
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When PA Workers’ Compensation Insurer Is Not Bound By Stipulation
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Notice of a Work Injury in PA Workers’ Compensation
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PA Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Seminar Will Cause Brilliant & Neiman to be Closed May 30, 2024 and May 31, 2024
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Attorneys for Injured Workers Can Get 20% of Medical Bills
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PA Workers’ Compensation Judge has Ultimate Ability to Render Credibility Determinations
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Brilliant & Neiman LLC Celebrates Twenty Years of Helping Injured Workers
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Brilliant & Neiman Partner Glenn Neiman Named Co-Chair of Bucks County Bar Association’s Workers’ Compensation Section
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PA Workers’ Compensation Maximum Rate for 2024 Announced
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Injured Worker in PA Has Concurrent Employment When Employment Relationships are “Sufficiently Intact”
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PA Workers’ Compensation Insurance Carrier Must Pay Bill for Medical Treatment or Seek Utilization Review
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Both Brilliant & Neiman LLC Attorneys Featured in Bucks County Bar Association Seminar
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Mental Injury Cases in PA Workers’ Compensation Are Very Fact Specific
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CBD Oil is Payable Under PA Workers’ Compensation
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Three Year Statute of Limitations Applies in PA Workers’ Comp With Medical-Only Notice of Compensation Payable
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PA Employee Hurt at Work Getting into Work Truck, After Work Day, Not Entitled to Workers’ Comp Benefits
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Types of Diagnostic Testing Used for PA Workers’ Compensation Spinal Injuries
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Injured at Work in Pennsylvania?
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Injured Worker in PA Must Prove Nonexistence of a Job at Employer
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Injured Worker in Pennsylvania Must Give Notice of Work Injury Within 120 Days
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Description of Work Injury in Claim Petition Matters in PA Workers’ Comp
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The Opinion of a Medical Expert in PA Workers’ Compensation Need Not Have Magic Words
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Specific Loss Benefits Awarded Under PA Workers’ Compensation Not Always Paid
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When “Accepted” Means “Denied” – Only in Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation
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Brilliant & Neiman Partner with Angeion Group for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Event in Philadelphia
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Big Changes to Scarring Claims Under PA Workers’ Compensation?
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Brilliant & Neiman Closed June 1 and June 2 to Attend PA Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Seminar
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The Difficulties in Handling Cases Against the PA Uninsured Employers Guaranty Fund
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Injured Worker in PA Entitled to Reimbursement by Workers’ Compensation Insurance for Medical Marijuana
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MRI Results Not Foolproof to Show Extent of Work Injury
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Maximum Workers’ Compensation Rate for PA for 2023 Announced
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Work-Related Injury Apparently Fully Recovered Before it Began
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Injured Worker in PA Did Not Voluntarily Leave the Workforce; Suspension of PA Workers’ Compensation Benefits Reversed
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When to Settle a PA Workers’ Compensation Case
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Changes Coming to Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB)
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Two Additional Workers’ Compensation Judges Named by the PA Bureau of Workers’ Compensation
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PA Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Names Two New Workers’ Compensation Judges
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PA Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Finally Announces Reopening
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Injured Worker Who Fell While Stepping Out for a Cigarette and a Sandwich Entitled to Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Benefits
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PA Court Confirms Workers’ Compensation Offset for SSR Benefits; Says Post-Injury Conviction Not Relevant to Job Availability
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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Reverses Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania; Allows Fees Charged to Workers’ Compensation Insurance Carrier
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Maximum Workers’ Compensation Rate for PA in 2022 Will Be $1,205.00
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PA Supreme Court Says Employee Injured Away From Work May Be Entitled to Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Benefits
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PA Workers’ Compensation Cases Involving Injury Before or After Work Are Fact-Specific
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PA Bureau of Workers’ Compensation System Reopening Announced
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When is an “Employee” an “Employee” for PA Workers’ Compensation Purposes?
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New Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Judge Announced For Philadelphia Hearing Office
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PA Workers’ Compensation System Still Operating Remotely
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PA Workers’ Compensation System Impacted by USPS Delays
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Maximum Workers’ Compensation Rate for Pennsylvania Raised to $1,130.00 for 2021
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Two New PA Workers’ Compensation Judges Appointed to the Bench, Two Retiring
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Employer Engages in Unreasonable Contest When There is No Document Filed Accepting Work Injury
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PA Commonwealth Court Answers Some IRE Questions, But Not Others
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In a PA Work Injury, Concussion Can Be Confused With Whiplash
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PA Workers’ Compensation Hearings Primarily Still Being Done Telephonically
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PA Workers’ Compensation System Will Not Fully Open, Even as Each County in Pennsylvania Reaches the Green Phase
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PA Workers’ Compensation Benefits Suspended For Alleged Voluntary Withdrawal From The Labor Market
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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Continues to Impact PA Workers’ Compensation System
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Late Issuance of NSTC After Last Workers’ Compensation Check Does Not Convert NTCP to NCP
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Workers’ Compensation Legislation in PA
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Dina Brilliant, of Brilliant & Neiman LLC, Named Co-Chair of BCBA Solo & Small Practice Section
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Affidavit No Longer Required for Notification of Modification or Suspension in PA Workers’ Compensation
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Can Be Work Injury in PA
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Brilliant & Neiman LLC to Close Due to Coronavirus Pandemic
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Update on Coronavirus Impact on PA Workers’ Compensation System
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PA Workers’ Compensation System and Coronavirus
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PA Workers’ Compensation Hearings Moving From Bucks County Courthouse
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Refusing a Modified Job Offer Haunts Injured Worker Years After
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Presumption Makes Difference for Firefighter in PA Workers’ Comp Case
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For PA Workers’ Compensation, NFL Player Not “Seasonal Employee”
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PA Workers’ Compensation Maximum Rate Raised to $1,081.00 for 2020
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Pharmacy Must be Given Due Process When Dispensing Medications for Work Injury in PA
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Contusions or Bruises Can Be Serious Injuries in PA Workers’ Compensation
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PA Workers’ Compensation Uninsured Employers’ Guaranty Fund Gets New Legislation
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PA Workers’ Comp Case Medical Evidence Must Be To “Reasonable Degree of Medical Certainty”
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Fusion a Pain in the Neck (or Back) for Injured Workers – Adjacent Segment Disorder and Adjacent Segment Pathology
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Brilliant & Neiman LLC attending Rothman Orthopedic Institute’s Workers’ Compensation Conference
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Broken Bones Not Always Found Initially
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Attorneys at Brilliant & Neiman LLC Admitted to Northampton County Bar Association
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The Job of Being a PA Workers’ Compensation Attorney
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Travelling Employee Not Covered By PA Workers’ Compensation Act After Attending Employer-Sponsored Event
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Brilliant & Neiman LLC Partner With Lehigh Valley IronPigs
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Brilliant & Neiman LLC join Bucks County Lawyers in Social Event
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Brilliant & Neiman LLC Attorneys Attend PA Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Annual Conference
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PA Workers’ Comp Cannot Be Terminated By Serial Petitions
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No Credit For Workers’ Comp Insurer For “Time Served” Before Conviction
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We Are The Law Firm For The Injured Worker In PA
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Scarring or Disfigurement is Compensable in Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation
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Withdrawal From Labor Market Ends PA Workers’ Comp Wage Loss Benefits
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Court Refuses to Allow PA Workers’ Comp Insurer to Avoid Benefits for Work-Related Cancer
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Domestic Service Workers Excluded From PA Workers’ Compensation Act
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What Does a PA Workers’ Comp Insurance Company Get When an Injured Worker is Released to His or Her Full-Duty Job? Not a Thing!
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PA Workers’ Comp Insurer Assessed Penalty for Non-Payment of Medical Bills
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Too Many Total Knee Replacements Being Performed?
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When the First Day of Disability is not the First Day of Disability – Welcome to the Wacky World of PA Workers’ Comp
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PA Commonwealth Court Sheds Light on Preexisting Conditions and Average Weekly Wage Calculation
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An Injured Worker Being Released to Light Duty
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One Way to Help Injured Workers is to Prevent Work Injuries
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Maximum Rate for PA Workers’ Compensation Set for 2019
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Brilliant & Neiman LLC Workers’ Compensation Site Updated for IRE Changes
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PA Workers’ Compensation Judges Shuffling
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Last Free Workers’ Compensation Seminar – November 29, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.
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Act 111 Brings Back IRE to PA Workers’ Compensation
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Injured Worker in PA Can Choose Own Doctors
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Next Free Seminar is October 24th at 7:00 pm – The PA Workers’ Compensation Process
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Injured Worker in PA Can Reinstate From IRE; Testimony Required
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PA Workers’ Compensation Seminar – Continuing Education Series
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PA Workers’ Comp Insurance Carriers Get No Credit Against Future Medical Benefits
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WCAB Must Provide Explanation For Changing Award of Disfigurement Benefits by WCJ
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Post-Protz Decision from Commonwealth Court of PA – The Good and the Bad
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Our phones are down for the moment
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Requirement to Give Notice of a Work Injury in PA is Triggered With Knowledge of Injured Worker
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Warminster, PA – Headquarters for Brilliant & Neiman LLC
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Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and Brachial Plexopathy in PA Workers’ Comp
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BCBA Celebrates Law Day with Seminar Addressing the Three Branches
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Workers’ Comp Legislation Attacking Medical Care for Injured Workers Struck Down by Wolf
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You’ve Received a Modified-Duty Job Offer – Now What?
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Injured Workers in PA About to be Denied Necessary Medications
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Which Workers’ Comp Appellate Decisions Count in PA?
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Medical Treatment Need Not Be Pre-Approved Under PA Workers’ Comp
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New Judge Manager Named For Southeastern District For PA Workers’ Compensation
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Injured Worker Hurt on Shuttle Bus Entitled to PA Workers’ Comp Benefits
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The Importance of Selecting the Right PA Workers’ Compensation Lawyer
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Utilization Review Determination Cannot be Appealed
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New Proposed Legislation Could Keep Necessary Medications From Injured Workers in PA
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Jobs in Labor Market Survey/Earning Power Assessment Must Actually be Open and Available to Injured Worker in PA Workers’ Compensation
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Fatal Claim Benefits in PA Workers’ Comp Not Automatic to Spouse
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The Honorable Paul Baker Retired
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Injured Worker Cannot “Reinstate” Disability Benefits Never Granted in PA Workers’ Comp
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Is Massage Therapy “Medical Treatment” in PA Workers’ Compensation?
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Fact That Injured Employee Unsuccessfully Applies For Jobs In LMS Is Relevant, But Not Dispositive, In PA Workers’ Compensation
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Attorney Glenn Neiman Acting as Moderator for Continuing Legal Education Seminar
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Injured Workers’ Rights to Medical Treatment in PA
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Settling a PA Workers’ Compensation Case
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Employee in the Scope and Course of his Employment at the Time of Death
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UEGF Forms Now Available on WCAIS System
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WCAB to Change Oral Arguments
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Diagnosis Not Dispositive Whether Medical Treatment For PA Work Injury Covered
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Appealing a PA Workers’ Compensation Decision; Reinstating Accepted Work Injury
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In Case You Are Trying To Lose Workers’ Compensation Benefits . . .
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“Specific Loss” of Finger in PA Workers’ Comp Requires Opinion on Permanency
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Injured Workers Receive Practically No Value From Personal Injury Cases
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PA Workers’ Comp Credit For Max Amount Injured Worker Could Have Received on Pension, Not What Injured Worker Actually Received
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Worker Injured Jumping From Roof Entitled to PA Workers’ Comp Benefits
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NTCP in PA Workers’ Comp Case Can Be Revoked if Done Within Five Days of Sending Check
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PA Bureau of Workers’ Compensation No Longer Granting IRE Requests After Protz Decision
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PA Supreme Court Declares Entire IRE Provision Unconstitutional
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Prescriptions for Pennsylvania Injured Workers Under Attack
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PA Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Seminar
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PA Injured Worker Entitled to Partial Disability Benefits After Changing Modified-Duty Jobs
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Findings of Fact, and Determinations of Credibility, Made by PA Workers’ Compensation Judge Difficult to Change on Appeal
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Injured Worker in PA Found to be Independent Contractor, Despite Construction Workplace Misclassification Act and Late Answer
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Lay Witness Testimony Enough to Support Fatal Claim Petition in PA Workers’ Compensation
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Utilization Review in PA Workers’ Compensation Will Have to be Filed Electronically
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New Hope for Relief From Pain of RSD/CRPS – Neridronic Acid
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Employee Paid By The Week At The Time Of The Work Injury, Regardless Whether He Was Paid Otherwise At Other Times
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Truck Driver for Apple Harvest Not Seasonal Employee
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Volunteer Firefighter Must Show Specific Proof of Exposure to Get Presumption in PA Workers’ Comp
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Taking Break for Personal Comfort Does Not Take Employee Out of Scope and Course of Work
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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to Determine Whether Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania Applied Firefighter Presumption Correctly
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Worker Injured While Remodeling a Restaurant Not “Employee,” Not in “Construction Business”
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Employee Injured Going to Work Covered by PA Workers’ Comp, Was “On Call”
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PA Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board Commissioner, Past Chair, Retires
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IRE Must Contain All Impairment Related to Work Injury in PA
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Stem Cell Research May Yield Help for Burn Victims
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Injured Worker in PA in Scope and Course of Work Doing Unasked Favor for Employer
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Employee Injured in Pennsylvania Apparently Has No Right to Have Benefit of PA Law
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PA Workers’ Compensation Insurance Carrier Entitled to Credit for Future Medical Treatment After Personal Injury Case
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Fatal Claim Petition Denied Based on Causal Relationship
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PA Workers’ Comp Case Can be Precluded by Time Limitations
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Understanding How Brain Responds to a Placebo May Allow Scientists to Improve Pain Relief for Injured Workers
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No Real “Change” Needed to Show Termination; Penalty of Zero Correct for Unlawful Refusal to Pay for Surgery
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Dismissal With or Without Prejudice Critical in PA Workers’ Comp Claim
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PA Employee Injured on Docked Ship Not Entitled to Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Benefits
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Presumption of Work-Relatedness of Cancer Suffered by Firefighter Examined
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Argument for Counsel Fees, and Litigation Costs, Must be Made in Pending Litigation
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Reverses Commonwealth Court in Rhodes Case – Workers’ Compensation Judges Have Final Say on Credibility, Even in Impairment Rating Evaluation Cases
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Annual Pennsylvania Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Seminar
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Benefits Not Payable by UEGF Until Notice Given by Injured Worker
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How to Pick a PA Workers’ Compensation Attorney
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Worker Injured in Employer’s Parking Lot After Work Not Entitled to Workers’ Compensation Benefits
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Workers’ Comp Insurance Carrier Must Reinstate Benefits If No Challenge Hearing Within 21 Days; Disfigurement Benefits Only Payable When Total Disability Truly Ends
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PA Supreme Court Grants Appeal in Protz
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When “Denial” Means “Acceptance” – The Wonderful World of PA Workers’ Compensation
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Home Health Worker Not an Employee, says Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court
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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Accepts Appeal in Duffey Case
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Fatal Claim Petition Granted in PA Without Evidence of Exact Work Duties
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Whether PA Workers’ Compensation Insurance Carrier Has Notice of Corrective Amendment is Based on Totality of Circumstances
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Notice of a Work Injury in PA Must Inform Employer of “the Possibility (an Injury) was Work-Related.”
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Mandatory Mediation Policy for Philadelphia Workers’ Compensation Judges’ Office
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Moving Out of Pennsylvania Not Fatal to Continued Receipt of PA Workers’ Compensation Benefits
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PA Supreme Court Addresses Requirement Injured Worker Had To Be On Employer’s Premises At Time Of Injury
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Claim Petition Needed to Get Wage Loss Benefits from Medical-Only Notice of Compensation Payable
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Franchisor Not “Statutory Employer” in PA Workers’ Compensation
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Injured Worker Seeking Wage Loss After Medical-Only Notice of Compensation Payable Has Only Three Years to Do So
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Impairment Rating Evaluation Portion of PA Workers’ Compensation Act Unconstitutional
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Injury Outside Pennsylvania Can Be Difficult To Have Covered By PA Workers’ Compensation
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Changes to Website for Brilliant & Neiman LLC – Better to Help Injured Workers in PA
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Claims Against Uninsured Employers’ Guaranty Fund Not Defeated Easily
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Papal Visit to Philadelphia Impacts Workers’ Compensation System
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Injured Worker Not “Independent Contractor” As No Written Agreement In Place
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Designation of IRE Physician Can Be Requested By Insurer as a First Step
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Court Says Unilateral Stoppage of PA Workers’ Comp Benefits Permitted
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Statutory Interest in PA Workers’ Comp is Simple, not Compound
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PA Workers’ Comp Benefits Properly Awarded for Rescue Effort
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Wages Received for One Work Injury Can Extend the Statute to Reinstate for Another
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IRE in PA Workers’ Comp Valid Even if it Fails to Include Entire Injury
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Abiding by PA Workers’ Comp Act Not “Willful Misconduct” For Unemployment Compensation
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PA Court Addresses Requirement for Automatic Change in IRE Provision
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New Workers’ Compensation Judge in Philadelphia Hearing Office
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Brilliant & Neiman LLC Attorneys Attend PA Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Conference
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Notice of Ability to Return to Work is Required . . . Or Perhaps Not
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New Spinal Cord Stimulator Gives Hope for Chronic Pain
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Procedures of PA Workers’ Compensation Judges Available
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“House Arrest” Not “Incarceration” to Preclude Unemployment Compensation Benefits
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PA Court Clarifies Loss of Use of Hand; Credit for Social Security Retirement Against Workers’ Comp
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Physical Therapy As Effective as Low Back Surgery?
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Ongoing Workers’ Compensation Awarded for Occupational Asthma Claim
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Average Weekly Wage Should Reflect “Economic Reality” of Pre-Injury Job
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Court Clarifies What is Needed for Physical/Mental Injury Under PA Workers’ Comp
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WCJ Not Free to Reject Opinion of IRE Doctor in PA Workers’ Comp [DECISION REVERSED BY SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA IN MAY 2016]
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Pennsylvania has New Rules for Practice and Procedure in Workers’ Compensation Matters
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Court Says Ongoing Wage Loss of Injured Worker Not Related to Work Injury
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Size of Rotator Cuff Tear May Have No Impact on Pain Level
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Day of Service for Martin Luther King Day
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Possible Future Surgery Does Not Prevent Finding of MMI in PA Workers’ Comp
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Finding of “Abnormal Working Conditions” by WCJ Upheld on Appeal
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Partial Benefits Reduced Due to Resignation Prior to the Work Injury
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Workers’ Compensation Judges Re-Assigned
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Brilliant & Neiman LLC Blog Wins Top Blog Award
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Realtor Rehabbing Home Can Become an Employer in PA Workers’ Comp
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Medical Opinion Must Specify What Specific Events Cause “Abnormal Working Conditions” For Psychological Injury in PA Workers’ Comp
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Maximum Workers’ Compensation Rate for 2015 in Pennsylvania is $951
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Multiple Specific Loss Benefits, From the Same Injury, Payable Consecutively, Not Concurrently, in PA Workers’ Comp
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Cook Bitten by Dog in Scope and Course of Job for PA Workers’ Comp
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Testimony of Psychologist Insufficient to Prevent Disability Status Change in PA Workers’ Comp
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Brilliant & Neiman LLC Opens New Headquarters in Warminster
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Attending Monthly Meeting Not a “Special Mission” – Workers’ Comp Benefits Denied
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Exciting Announcement Coming for Brilliant & Neiman LLC
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Burden to Reinstate PA Workers’ Compensation Depends on Time of Injury Job
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Attorneys Dina Brilliant and Glenn Neiman guest speakers on Berks County Television
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Pennsylvania Wants to Tax Injured Workers, Others, For Legal Fees
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Holistic Medical Treatment Provided in India Not Compensable for PA Workers’ Compensation
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Hydrocodone Reclassified – More Difficult to Fill Such Prescriptions
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PA Worker Injured During Commute Entitled to Workers’ Comp
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PA Supreme Court to Address Requirement of Notice of Ability to Return to Work
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Valid PA Workers’ Comp Claim, Even Though Injured Worker Quit Job Before Injury
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Change of Condition Shown in Modification After Termination
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Workers’ Compensation Judge in PA Must Issue “Reasoned Decision”
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Taking the Fifth Not Fatal in PA Workers’ Comp Case
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Court Finds No Error When Claimant and Claimant’s Attorney Not Served on Utilization Review Determination
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Worker Injured in Parking Lot Not in Scope and Course of Job, Says Court
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Injury in Employer Parking Lot is Within Scope and Course
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Fatally Injured Worker Still in Scope and Course of Job While Thwarting Robbery
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Court Rejects WCJ Finding that IRE Doctor Not Credible on MMI
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Supreme Court Vacates Keene Decision, but Commonwealth Court Reaches Same Conclusion on Remand
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Work Injury in NY Found Not Subject to PA Workers’ Comp
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Time to File UEGF Claim in PA Not Triggered Until Injured KNEW of Insurance Status
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More Movement of PA Workers’ Compensation Judges
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Scranton Workers’ Comp Office Moving
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Acetaminophen Limited by FDA to Prevent Liver Damage
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Retroactive Recoupment of Overpayment Allowed in PA Workers’ Comp
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Zohydro No More Dangerous Than Other Pain Relievers, Says FDA
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Using Nanotechnology in Anesthesia for Work Injuries?
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New PA Workers’ Comp Judges Added, Others on the Move
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Payment of Wages After Injury Deemed Acceptance in PA Workers’ Comp; Reinstatement Proper Rather Than Claim
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Workers’ Compensation Judge Carl Lorine Retires
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“Rocket Docket” Hits Pennsylvania Workers’ Comp System
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UEGF Held to Same Rules as Other Parties in PA Workers’ Comp
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Doctor Performing IRE in PA Workers’ Comp Must Have Clinical Practice
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Powerful and Controversial New Pain Medication Available
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Topics to Cover in Our Blog?
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Medical Expert In PA Workers’ Comp Need Not Be Eyewitness To Claimant’s Disability Throughout Claim Petition
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Chiropractic Treatment Not Reasonable and Necessary in PA Without Lasting Improvement Beyond Other Available Methods
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Attending Seminar on WCAIS to Better Handle Workers’ Comp Cases in PA
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Notice of Ability to Return to Work Not Necessary in All Situations
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Injured Workers in PA Have 60 Days to Challenge IRE or Potentially be Forever Barred
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PA Workers’ Comp Judge Erred in Dismissing Where No Prejudice Shown
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Payment for Medical Expenses Denied Because Records Not Given for Utilization Review
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Brilliant & Neiman LLC Again Selected as a Top Blog
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Employee Verification Forms Must be Fully Completed to Avoid Suspension of Benefits
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PA Senate Essentially Trying to Kill Guaranty Fund; Harm Injured Workers
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Jobs Listed in Labor Market Survey Must be “Available” to Injured Worker in PA
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PA Workers’ Comp Insurer Can Use Labor Market Survey Without Proving No Job Available at Employer
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PA High Court Says Armed Robbery in PA Liquor Stores Just Part of Normal Work Day
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PA Workers’ Comp Insurance Carrier Allowed to Take Credit for Overpayment
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There Can be “Abnormal Working Conditions” for a Police Officer in Pennsylvania
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Aging Can Be a Defense to Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Claim
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Massage Therapy Reasonable and Necessary Treatment for Injured PA Worker
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Cumulative Trauma Injury Not Necessarily Tagged to Last Employer
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Garden State Magnetic Imaging Gives Seminar
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Disability Pension Does Not Prove Injured Worker “Retired”
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CRPS/RSD a Crippling Condition Seen in PA Workers’ Comp
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Commonwealth Court of PA Defies Logic, Seems Contrary to PA Workers’ Compensation Act
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Reinstatement to Total Workers’ Compensation Denied Past Statute
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WCAIS Now Live For PA Workers’ Compensation
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Brilliant & Neiman LLC Awarded 2013 Pennsylvania Excellence Award
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Fatal Claim Benefits Awarded to Dependents of Worker Killed on Job
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Workers’ Compensation Attorneys on Television
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Court Decides Injured Worker Abandoned Job at Time of Injury
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Employer Gets Subrogation on Contract Suit
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PA Legislature Trying to Deny Choice of Medical Treatment to all Injured Workers
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Worker Hurt Walking to Train Not in Scope and Course of Work
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Brilliant & Neiman LLC Attorneys to Appear on Television on August 19, 2013
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Benefits Suspended to Injured PA Worker Without Showing Any Job Available
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Brilliant & Neiman LLC Working with PA Bureau of Workers’ Comp on WCAIS
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Collateral Estoppel Used to Actually Help an Injured Worker in PA
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No Death Benefits Despite PA Injured Worker Dying From Work Injury
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Workers’ Compensation Judge Mark Peleak Passes Away
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Denied PTSD Case Going to Supreme Court of Pennsylvania?
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Guns, Violence in PA Liquor Stores Perfectly Normal, Says Court
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Acupuncture Shown to be Effective for Relieving Pain
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Law Protecting Firefighters Creating Workers’ Comp Insurance Issues
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Can Potential Carpal Tunnel Syndrome be Predicted?
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Certified as Specialists in the Practice of Workers’ Compensation Law
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Brilliant & Neiman LLC Involved in Mediation Working Group with Bureau
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Failed Drug Test Damaging to PA Injured Worker
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Retirement in Workers’ Comp Again Addressed in PA
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Workers’ Comp in Michigan – Guest Blog
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PA Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates Decline Again
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Pain Relief For the Injured Worker Coming?
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Suspension for “Retirement” Not So Easy for PA Workers’ Comp Insurance Carriers; PA Supreme Court Affirms Robinson
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PA Workers’ Comp Paid by Check
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Developments in “Walking” for Paralyzed Injured Workers
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ACL Tear Does Not Automatically Mean Surgery
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Change of Injury Description Barred by Court
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Undocumented Worker Cut Off from PA Workers’ Comp Without Change in Condition
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PA Workers’ Compensation Judge David Slom Retires
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Bad Faith Causes Denial of Reinstatement to Total Disability Benefits
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Injured PA worker Denied Benefits Due to Not Having Transportation
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Workers’ Compensation Judge Nathan Cohen Retires
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Pain Medication Denied to Injured PA Worker
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Northeast Philadelphia Workers Comp Hearing Office Closing Today
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Hope for Injured Workers with Paraplegia Due to Spinal Cord Injury
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Worker Injured During Sex Entitled to Workers’ Comp Benefits
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Utilization Review Reform Apparently on the Radar of PA Legislation
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PA Workers’ Compensation Seminar
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Rights of Illegal Alien to PA Workers’ Comp Heard by PA Supreme Court
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Burden of Proof Less for Physical/Mental Case in PA Workers’ Comp
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Glenn Neiman Slated to Speak at Lawline.com Seminar in Philadelphia
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Injured Workers Under Watch on Black Friday?
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Federal Workers’ Comp System Differs from State Systems
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Brilliant & Neiman LLC Goes to Twitter
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Coping Better With Chronic Pain . . . Through Vitamin D?
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PA Workers’ Comp – Panel Physician v. DME
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Epidural Steroid Injections Source of Meningitis Outbreak
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Our PA Workers’ Comp Blog Again Selected as Top 25 in Country
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PA Court Condones Blatant Violation of Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act
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PA Workers Compensation Judges on the Move Again
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Brilliant & Neiman LLC Adopt A Highway
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Notice of Ability to RTW Not Necessary Where Claimant Has Knowledge
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PA Unemployment Compensation Benefits Allowed Despite Use of “Moron”
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Workers’ Compensation Judge Named for Allentown Workers’ Comp Hearing Office
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PA Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Unveiling New Electronic Process
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PA Workers Comp Settlement Cannot be Reopened For Medical Bill
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Northeast Philadelphia Workers’ Compensation Office Closing
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Workers’ Comp Fatal Claim Benefits Granted While Employee at Lunch
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Andrew Bynum – Treatment for Knees That May Benefit Injured Workers
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PA Workers Comp Medical Treatment Bills and Fee Review
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Children of Injured Workers Can Get Help
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New Threat to Workers’ Compensation in PA
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Claim Pet denied – Driving forklift not in scope and course
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Executives Can Decline PA Workers’ Comp Coverage
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Supreme Court of PA Loosens Requirement of Statutory Employer Definition in PA Workers’ Comp
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“Loss of Use” in PA Workers’ Comp Need Not be Complete
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No Reinstatement for Injured Worker After Losing Light Duty Job
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Intoxicated Injured Worker Not Entitled to PA Workers’ Comp
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PA Supreme Court Says Current Wages Valid for PA Workers’ Comp Injury
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Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Calculator
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Injured Worker Not Punished for Layoff in PA Workers’ Comp
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Four PA Workers’ Comp Judges Leaving the Bench
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PA Courts Say Crooked Nose Not Unsightly
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Pension Offset in PA Workers’ Comp Denied Without Evidence
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Two New PA Workers’ Compensation Judges Named to the Bench
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Concussions can be a Real Headache for Injured Workers
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Chiropractic Treatment Not Reasonable or Necessary in PA Workers’ Comp because it Failed to Improve Condition
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Petition to Review in PA Workers’ Comp Must be Timely
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Hurt at Work in PA – Have Medical Questions?
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Pension offset in PA Workers Comp May Apply Even Without Evidence to Prove Amount
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Even an Application for Pension May Cause Impact to PA Workers’ Comp Benefits
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Benefits Suspended Under PA Workers’ Comp Because Injured Worker Gets Social Security Disability
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Loss of Earnings Must be Related to Work Injury for Reinstatement in PA Workers’ Comp
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Social Security Retirement Offset in PA Workers’ Comp Act is Not Unconstitutional
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Reinstatement of PA Workers’ Comp Benefits Proper With Change in Condition
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Acknowledged PA Work Injury – Claim Still Denied
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PA Workers’ Comp Settlement May Preclude Unemployment Compensation
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Bucks County Office Moving for Brilliant & Neiman LLC
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PA Workers’ Comp Evidence to be Read as a Whole
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Workers’ Compensation Specialty Coming to Pennsylvania
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Chronic Pre-Existing Condition Compensable Under PA Workers’ Comp Where Condition Worsened by Working Conditions
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PA Workers’ Comp Claim Dismissed “With Prejudice” Cannot be Refiled
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Fatal Claim in PA Compensable Even if Treatment Not Reasonable or Necessary
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Brilliant & Neiman’s Dina Brilliant Named Co-Chair of Bucks County Bar Association’s Workers’ Compensation Section
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Surveillance Evidence Alone May Stop PA Workers’ Comp Benefits
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Brilliant & Neiman Changing Phone Number from (215) 244-8101 to (215) 638-7500
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PA Workers’ Comp Claim Denied for Violation of Positive Work Order
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Workers’ Comp Insurer in PA Cannot Prove Immigration Status by Injured Worker’s Refusal to Answer
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Workers’ Comp Judge in PA Can Award Penalties When Outstanding Medical Bills are Primary Evidence
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Taking Pension, Not Looking for Work, Leads to “Retirement” in PA Workers’ Comp
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Pennsylvania Workers Compensation Lawyer Blog Again Selected as Top 25 in Country
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Unemployment Compensation Benefits Not Includable in Average Weekly Wage for PA Workers’ Compensation
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Election of Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania Judges
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Petition to Terminate in PA Workers’ Comp Requires Unequivocal Testimony That Injured Worker Fully Recovered
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IRE Valid in PA Workers’ Comp Even if Condition is Later Objectively Worse
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Shoulder Pain, Brachial Plexopathy and Quadrilateral Space Syndrome – Difficult Diagnoses to Solve
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PA Workers’ Comp Insurer Only Responsible for Part of Medical Expenses
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Armed Robbery Abnormal? Not Under PA Workers’ Comp!
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PA Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Allows E-Mail Correspondence
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Degenerative Condition Can Be Work Injury in PA Workers’ Comp
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Unreasonable Contest in PA Workers’ Comp Not Found Even Though No Basis to Contest Claim
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Reinstatement of Workers’ Comp Benefits in PA May Require Change in Condition
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Heart Attack from Stress at Work a Claim Under PA Workers’ Comp
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Allentown Workers’ Comp Office Now Moved
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Notice Given by Injured Worker in PA Need Not be Specific for Award of PA Workers’ Compensation Benefits
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Seminar – Changing Description of Injury in PA Workers’ Comp
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Pennsylvania Firefighters Now Protected Against Risk of Cancer Under PA Workers’ Comp
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Bulging Disc in Lumbar Spine Can Cause Nerve Problem
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PA Workers’ Comp Memorial Video a Moving Tribute and Reminder
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PA Workers’ Compensation Reform Bill Signed into Law
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Offer of Modified Work to Injured Worker in PA Need Not Describe Duties
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Injured Worker in PA Not Entitled to Rate of Higher Paying Job
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Contradictory Medical Testimony Cannot Support Finding of Fact by Workers’ Comp Judge
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No Suspension of PA Workers’ Comp Benefits for Voluntary Removal from Labor Market Unless Employer Proves Injured Worker Voluntarily Retired
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Pain and Continuing Effects of Spinal Surgery Does Not Preclude Termination of Workers’ Compensation Benefits in PA
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PA Workers’ Comp and Social Security Disability Benefits Can Cause Tax Consequences When Received Together
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Utilization Review in PA Workers’ Comp Can Cause Medication Dangers
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Injured Workers in PA Can Sometimes Get Compensation for Pain and Suffering
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Changing Description of Injury in PA Workers’ Comp Next Seminar For Glenn Neiman With Lawline.com
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Medical Treatment in PA Workers’ Comp Not Reasonable or Necessary Because No Significant Improvement
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Allentown Workers’ Compensation Office Moving
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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Accepts Appeal in Phoenixville Hospital v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Shoap)
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Whether Injured Worker Voluntarily Left Labor Market, and Whether Injured Worker Subsequently Re-Entered Labor Market, Are Within Purview of PA Workers’ Compensation Judge
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PA Supreme Court Accepts Appeal in Robinson
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Suspension of PA Workers’ Comp Benefits Denied When Injured Worker Unable to Perform Police Job, Regardless of Loss of Certification
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PA Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Issues New Notice of Compensation Denial; Employers No Longer Able to Accept Claims by Using Denial
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Employer in PA Workers’ Comp Does Not Admit Injury By Requesting Utilization Review
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Functional MRI May Actually Show Pain for Injured Workers
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Claim Petition in PA Workers’ Comp Denied, Despite Notice of Denial Acknowledging a Work Injury
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Worker Hurt Jumping Down Stairs Not Entitled to Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Benefits
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PA Work Injury Can be Amended Without Petition
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Commonwealth Court of PA Vacates Decision in Butler
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PA Workers’ Comp Appeals – Finding of Fact or Conclusion of Law?
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FDA Limits Amount of Acetaminophen in Prescription Pain Relievers
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PA Workers’ Compensation Judge is Final Word on Credibility of Witness
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Psychological Injury in PA Workers’ Comp for Police Officer Very High Standard
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Metal Hip Replacements May Wear Better, But Have Dangerous Potential Effects
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PA Workers’ Comp Benefits Suspended Before NCP issued
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PA Workers’ Comp Law Expands Definition of “Employee”
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Wage Loss in PA Workers’ Comp Must be Related to Work Injury to be Compensable
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IRE in PA Workers’ Comp Must Use Most Recent Edition of AMA Guides
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AMA Guides Poor Indication of Disability in PA Workers’ Comp Matters
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Hearing Loss in PA Not Compensable if Less Than 10% Binaurally
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Hearing Loss in PA Workers’ Comp
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Utilization Review Petition in PA Workers’ Comp Allows New Evidence
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PA Workers Comp and Retirement – Again?
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Social Security Disability
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Pennsylvania Workers Compensation Lawyer Blog selected as Top 25 in Country
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PA Workers’ Comp Seminar Last Week
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Philadelphia Workers’ Compensation Judge Named Judge Manager for Southeastern PA
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Modification in PA Workers’ Comp, Based on IRE, Does Not Require Job Availability Shown
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Workers Compensation and Social Networking
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Taking Pension Not Necessarily “Retiring” in PA Workers’ Comp
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Compromise & Release Settlement in PA Workers’ Comp Not Enforceable Until Granted by Workers’ Compensation Judge
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Chronic Pain May Be Treated Without Prescription Medications
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Injured Worker in PA Entitled to Reinstatement of Workers’ Comp Benefits When Earnings Again Lost Due to Work Injury
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Injury Outside PA Can Be Compensable Under PA Workers’ Comp Act
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IME More Than Six Months Old Still Valid in PA Workers’ Comp
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Rehab for ACL Tear May Be Beneficial Before Surgery
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Review Petition to Add New Injury Barred in PA Workers’ Comp After Three Years
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PA Workers’ Comp Judge Agrees Armed Robbery is “Abnormal Working Condition” in Pennsylvania; Employer Appeals
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Acupuncture Served As a Fatigue And Pain Treatment
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Jobs Need Not Be Available For Modification in PA Workers’ Comp
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Notice of Denial Accepts Case in PA Workers’ Comp
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Employee Injured in Employer’s Parking Lot Entitled to PA Workers’ Comp
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Worker Injured in Pre-Employment Screening Not an “Employee” at Time of Injury; PA Workers’ Compensation Benefits Denied
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Trauma a Cause of “Water on the Knee”
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Notice of Ability to Work in PA Workers’ Comp is “Prompt” Two Months Late
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New PA Workers’ Compensation Judges Announced
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Claim Petition in PA Workers’ Comp Denied When Doctor Says Injured Worker’s Intoxication Was Major Factor in Work Injury
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PA Workers’ Comp Seminar – May 10, 2010
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Workers’ Compensation Seminar – May 10, 2010 – Free to Injured Workers in PA
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Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Larger Factor than Heredity in Tinnitus
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Notice of Ability to Return to Work Required to Suspend or Modify Workers’ Comp Benefits in PA
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Termination of PA Workers’ Comp Benefits Granted, Even When No Examination of All Accepted Injuries
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PA Workers’ Comp Check is Only A “Conditional Payment,” So A “Stop Payment” Means Workers’ Compensation Was Not “Paid.”
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Termination in PA Workers’ Comp Must Account For All Recognized Work Injuries, Whether or Not Listed on Notice of Compensation Payable
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Utilization Review in PA Workers’ Comp Pertains Only to Physician or Provider Named, Unless Providers Acting Under Same Physician
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Car Accident Victim Not Entitled to PA Workers’ Comp Benefits While Injured in Route to Patient’s Home
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Workers Comp Judge in PA Can Select Highest Wage in Labor Market Survey
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“Severance” Package Under Collective Bargaining Agreement Does Not Trigger “Retirement” Burden of Proof Shift in PA Workers’ Comp
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New CRPS/RSD Treatment May Help Relieve Chronic Pain
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In PA, Applying for Social Security Retirement Benefits Can Stop Workers’ Compensation Benefits
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PA Injured Worker’s Refusal to Enter Detox for Work-Related Prescription Drugs Leads to Suspension of Workers’ Compensation Benefits
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Notice of Ability to RTW Not Necessary in PA if Injured Worker Already Working
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Workers’ Compensation Settlement Tough Call in PA
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PA Work Injury Timely 27 Years Later
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Penalty Petition Can Be Filed AGAINST Injured Worker in PA
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Orthopedic Hospital Opened By Rothman Institute in Bensalem, PA
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Medical Benefits Can Be Suspended Under PA Workers’ Compensation Act
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Injured Worker Not in Course of Employment When Commuting to Work
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Employers’ Ability to Change Modified-Duty Job Tasks Permissible in PA Workers’ Comp
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Philadelphia Housing Authority Patrol Officer Denied Workers’ Compensation Benefits When Shot, Because He Failed to Follow Proper Police Procedure
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PA Workers‘ Compensation Appeal Board Reduced
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MRI Does Not Always Explain Pain And Other Symptoms
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Modification of Workers’ Compensation Benefits in PA, Based on IRE, May Require Job Availability to be Shown
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Labor Market Surveys and Earning Power Assessments When The Injured Worker Lives Outside Pennsylvania
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Injured Worker Terminated For Misconduct Prior to Work Injury Can Lose Workers’ Comp Rights in PA as a Result
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Second Work-Related Injury in PA Does Not Add Second Period of Partial Disability
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IRE in PA Workers’ Comp Cannot Be Challenged on Validity After Appeal Period of Notice of Change Expires
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Pain Relief May Soon Get Safer and Easier
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Buck County Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Section Names Glenn Neiman Co-Chair
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Injured Worker Testimony of Back Pain Not Enough for Workers’ Compensation Case in PA
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PA Workers’ Comp Insurer Required to Pay for Additional Modifications to Home of Worker Paralyzed in Work Injury
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PA Workers’ Comp Settlement Moves Faster With Resolution Court
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Prescription Pain Medication: Facts and Myths
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Notice of Compensation Payable Can be Amended in PA Workers’ Comp Without Petition
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Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)/Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) May See New Treatment
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PA Workers’ Comp Claim Denied – Armed Robbery Part of the Job?
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PA Workers’ Compensation Insurance Carrier Can Suspend Benefits to Injured Worker Who Moves Out of the Country
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Injured Worker Not in Scope and Course of Employment When on Break
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Notice of Work Injury Found Not Sufficient Under PA Workers’ Comp Act
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Review of Utilization Review Barred Even When Doctor Sends Medical Records
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PA Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board Reversed – Testimony of Claimant’s Doctor Unequivocal
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Retirement Effect in PA Workers’ Comp, Update on Recent Cases, Topics of Seminar
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Workers’ Comp Benefits in PA Suspended When Injured Worker Has Earnings
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Social Security Retirement Offset Against Workers’ Compensation Benefits Unconstitutional Says Utah Supreme Court
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Healthcare Workers’ Exposure to Infectious Diseases
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Workers’ Comp Benefits Modified in PA With No Job Availability Shown
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Modification of Benefits After Impairment Rating Evaluation Takes Effect on Date of Evaluation, Not on Date of Subsequent Decision Granting Modification
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PA Workers’ Comp Benefits Can Only be Stopped After Conviction – Incarceration Alone Insufficient
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Trust in Workers’ Compensation Insurance Company Doctors Misplaced?
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PA Workers’ Comp Recognizes Carpal Tunnel Syndrome can be Cumulative Trauma or Repetitive Stress Injury
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Physical Therapy Found to be Effective Treatment for Low Back Pain
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Litigation Costs Not Ordered Despite PA Claim Petition Being Granted
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Injured Worker in PA Must Specifically Notify Employer of Subsequent Injury
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Injured Worker’s Benefits Not Suspended in PA Workers’ Comp, When Released to Full-Duty Work But Employer Offers No Job
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PA Workers’ Comp Insurer Gets Credit for Disability Pension without Evidence of Actual Amount Contributed by Employer
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Appeal to PA Supreme Court Sought in PGW v. Workers’ Comp Appeal Board
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Bad Faith Finding in Modification Petition Causes Increased Burden of Proof For Reinstatement in PA Workers’ Comp
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Job Not “Available” to Injured Worker Because Medication May Cause Drowsiness
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Credit Against Injured Worker’s Pension on Net Amount Rather Than Gross
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Supreme Court of PA Reverses Workers’ Comp Judge on Retirement Issue
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Termination Petition Requires Proof of Actual Change of Condition in PA
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Back Surgery Patients Recover Better Than Patients Without Surgery
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Chronic Pain Help – Tramadol Extended-Release Approved by FDA
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Select an Experienced PA Workers’ Comp Lawyer
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“Independent Contractors” Often Are Actually “Employees” in PA Workers’ Comp
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Knee Injuries May Have New Treatment in Future
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Glenn Neiman in discussion with lawline.com to join faculty
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New Workers’ Comp Office in Philadelphia Opens on Schedule
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Injured Worker in PA Barred From Coverage for Additional Work Injuries
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Psychological Injuries Require “Abnormal Working Conditions” in PA Workers’ Comp
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PA Workers’ Compensation – Where “Yes” Can Mean “No”
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Notice of a Work Injury in PA May be Given Even After 120 Days
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Another Case Shows Unreasonable Contest Attorney Fees in PA a Rare Occurrence
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Unreasonable Contest Attorney Fees in PA Workers’ Comp
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PA Workers’ Comp Verification Forms
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Total Ankle Replacement Technology Improving
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PA Workers’ Comp Seminar in Hershey
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Workers’ Comp Claimants Face More Risk in Surgery Than They Think?
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Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Lawyer Blog Honored By LexisNexis as One of Top 25 Blogs For Workers’ Compensation in 2008
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Lumbar Discectomy May be of Benefit to Injured Workers in PA
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Pennsylvania Employer Barred From Using Alleged Failed Drug Test in Subsequent Workers’ Comp Case
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Philadelphia Workers Compensation Hearing Office To Reopen December 1, 2008
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Reinstating in PA Workers’ Comp After Benefits are Terminated
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Injured Worker in PA Can Be a “Traveling Employee” Even if Worker Has Multiple Employers
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IRE in PA Workers’ Comp Cannot be Done Until Injured Worker Reaches MMI
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Expert Medical Evidence Necessary to Prove Disability in PA Workers’ Comp
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PA Court Addresses Notice Requirement for Work-Related Hearing Loss
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Psychological Injury Can Result From Work-Related Physical Injury
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Funny Thing at Allentown Workers’ Comp Hearing Office
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Tips for Successful Social Security Disability Applications
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Fentanyl Transdermal Patch Answers
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Total Disability PA Workers’ Compensation Benefits Continue For Injured Man Who Lost Both Arms
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Termination of Workers’ Compensation Benefits in PA May Require Change of Condition
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Thoracic Outlet Syndrome – New Treatment on the Horizon?
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Emergency Unemployment Compensation Available to Injured Workers in Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia Workers’ Comp Office Has New Address
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Workers’ Comp Insurer in PA Has Absolute Right to Subrogation
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Medical Bills In PA Workers’ Comp May Be Payable Even When Not Submitted On Proper Forms
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Workers Compensation Decision on IRE Vacated by Commonwealth Court
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Workers’ Compensation Not Available to Every Injured Worker in PA
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Massive Torn Rotator Cuff May Not Be Permanent For An Injured Worker Anymore
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Workers’ Compensation Settlements in Pennsylvania May Require Medicare Approval
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Workers’ Compensation Claimants in PA Can Apply for Social Security Disability
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Expanded Description of Injury No Benefit to Injured Worker, Says Commonwealth Court of PA
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PA Injured Worker Can Lose Workers’ Comp Benefits When Receiving a Notice
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Supreme Court of PA accepts Appeal on Amending Description of Injury on NCP
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Prolotherapy – Pain Relief for Workers’ Compensation Claimants?
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Artificial Disc Replacement Offers Hope of Pain Relief to Injured Workers
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Northeast Philadelphia Workers’ Compensation Office Moving to Electronic Filings
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Bankruptcy of Workers’ Compensation Insurer in Pennsylvania Does Not Preclude Claim
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Pension Causes PA Workers’ Comp Benefits to Stop
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Mandatory Mediation in PA Workers Compensation
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Chronic Pain and OxyCodone in Workers Compensation
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Job Referrals Must Be Actually Available to PA Workers’ Compensation Claimant
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Specific Loss Benefits Require Medical Evidence in PA Workers’ Comp
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Prescription Advice for Injured Workers in Pennsylvania
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Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Often Seen in PA Workers’ Comp
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Workers’ Compensation Appeal Process in Pennsylvania
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Employer Need Not Show Job Not Available to Injured Worker in PA
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Workers Compensation Benefits Available to Illegal Aliens in PA
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Workers ‘ Comp Laws Vary Widely From State to State
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Injured Worker Can be Terminated From Job While Receiving Workers Comp in PA
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Philadelphia Workers Compensation Hearing Office Moving
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Impairment Rating Evaluation (IRE) in PA Workers’ Compensation
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Medical Treatment for a Work Injury in Pennsylvania
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Total Knee Replacement and Total Hip Replacement on the Rise
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Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Seminars
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Workers Compensation Settlement in Pennsylvania Not Final Until Approved by a Workers’ Compensation Judge
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PA Workers’ Compensation Act Available Online
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IME: Injured Worker in PA Not Required to Get EEG
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Injured Worker in PA Jeopardizes Workers’ Compensation Benefits by Taking Pension
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Pennsylvania Workers’ Comp Insurance Pays for Cost of Wheelchair Accessible Van
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is Often Work-Related
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Work-Related Injury: Neck Pain May be Relieved by Acupuncture as Well as by Injections
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Workers’ Compensation Vocational Counselor Regulations in PA
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