Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Lawyer Blog
Provides helpful updates on recent court decisions in Pennsylvania that impact on the lives of injured workers, along with other information of use, including advances and developments in medical treatment for work injuries and helpful hints and tips for navigating through the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act.
Author: Glenn Neiman practices at Brilliant & Neiman in Trevose, Pa.
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Recent Posts from Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Lawyer Blog
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PA Workers‘ Compensation Appeal Board Reduced
When an aggrieved party wants to appeal a decision of a Workers’ Compensation Judge in PA, the first step is to the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB). Until recently, the WCAB was comprised of…
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MRI Does Not Always Explain Pain And Other Symptoms
In the PA Workers’ Compensation system, we often see the workers’ comp insurance company doctors employ a fanatical reliance on “objective” diagnostic studies, at least when the results are negative. These doctors who perform Independent…
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Modification of Workers’ Compensation Benefits in PA, Based on IRE, May Require Job Availability to be Shown
In a case that has been working its way through the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation system for some time now, the Supreme Court has accepted appeal in the matter of Diehl v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board…
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Labor Market Surveys and Earning Power Assessments When The Injured Worker Lives Outside Pennsylvania
In year’s past, before 1996, when a workers’ compensation insurance carrier wanted to reduce an injured worker’s benefits in PA, the insurance carrier had to refer the injured worker to jobs, which then had to…
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Injured Worker Terminated For Misconduct Prior to Work Injury Can Lose Workers’ Comp Rights in PA as a Result
When a worker is injured in Pennsylvania, he or she is generally entitled to workers’ compensation benefits when wages are lost due to the injury. Whether this loss in wages is actually due to the…
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Second Work-Related Injury in PA Does Not Add Second Period of Partial Disability
While there is no limit to the period of time an injured worker in Pennsylvania can receive workers’ compensation benefits for total disability, the same is not true for partial disability. In PA, an injured…
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IRE in PA Workers’ Comp Cannot Be Challenged on Validity After Appeal Period of Notice of Change Expires
In PA workers’ compensation, there is no limit to how long an injured worker can receive total disability benefits. Once an injured worker receives total disability benefits for a period of 104 weeks, however, the…
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Pain Relief May Soon Get Safer and Easier
Handling Pennsylvania workers’ compensation cases, we see a wide variety of work injuries. From problems with the neck and the back, to shoulders, elbows, knees, hands and everywhere in between. The one constant, though, is…
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Buck County Bar Association Workers' Compensation Section Names Glenn Neiman Co-Chair
In a meeting held yesterday in Doylestown, PA, the Bucks County Bar Association Workers' Compensation Section named Glenn C. Neiman, a partner at Brilliant & Neiman LLC, as Co-Chair of the Section. The position is…
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Injured Worker Testimony of Back Pain Not Enough for Workers’ Compensation Case in PA
Who better than the injured worker to know the pain that person is feeling? At this point in medical science, we do not have a “pain meter.” Doctors can examine a person, and obtain diagnostic…