Anthony Natale Iii

Anthony Natale Iii

October 02, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Beware of the Language Used in Your Settlement Agreements: Medicare Is Watching

The workers' compensation practitioner has now become a forced bedfellow of CMS, like it or not. If you fail to "issue spot" in relevant settlements, you will have problems.

By Anthony Natale III

8 minute read

November 06, 2018 | FC&S Insurance

Suicide Squeeze—An Overview of Pa. Workers’ Comp and the Pro Athlete

During the dog days of summer in 1920, the Cleveland Indians visited the famed New York Polo Grounds to clash with the Yankees in a division duel. Carl…

By Anthony Natale III

8 minute read

October 29, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Suicide Squeeze—An Overview of Pa. Workers' Comp and the Pro Athlete

The Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act (the act) is a complex piece of legislation compared to general law and has become somewhat of a niche practice. Compensation claims made by professional athletes are covered under the act but the litigation of those claims is far from mundane.

By Anthony Natale III

8 minute read

August 25, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Treating Physician: A Misnomer in Workers' Comp Litigation

The concept of competing medical experts is commonplace in the realm of personal-injury litigation. No matter on which side of the fence the client resides, it can take a high-caliber "hired gun" to get the job done. In the world of workers' compensation, a hackneyed dichotomy still worms its way into this battle of the experts in a manner not prevalent in other, less exuberant areas of law. This distinction has come to be known as the treating physician versus the independent medical examiner.

By Anthony Natale III

7 minute read

August 24, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Treating Physician: A Misnomer in Workers' Comp Litigation

The concept of competing medical experts is commonplace in the realm of personal-injury litigation. No matter on which side of the fence the client resides, it can take a high-caliber "hired gun" to get the job done. In the world of workers' compensation, a hackneyed dichotomy still worms its way into this battle of the experts in a manner not prevalent in other, less exuberant areas of law. This distinction has come to be known as the treating physician versus the independent medical examiner.

By Anthony Natale III

7 minute read