Samuel H Pond

March 25, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

In order to qualify for workers' compensation benefits, an employee must be injured while in the course and scope of his or her employment. Considering the diversity of jobs within the national economy, it may be difficult at times to determine whether an employee was actually injured on the job.

By Samuel H. Pond and Andrew F. Ruder

5 minute read

October 31, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

After settlement or obtaining an award, subrogation lienholders swoop in to assert their interests. Pennsylvania claimants should formulate third-party settlement agreements detailing reduction or waiver of liens.

By Samuel H. Pond and Keld R. Wenge

7 minute read

July 30, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

It has been well settled since the Supreme Court's decision in Kachinski v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (VEPCO Construction), 516 Pa. 240, 532 A.2d 374 (Pa. 1987), that, in Pennsylvania, an employer that seeks to modify an injured worker's benefits on the basis that he or she has recovered some or all of his or her ability must first produce medical evidence of a change in condition.

By Samuel H. Pond and Alexis C. Ouseley

6 minute read

July 05, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

In his recent opinion piece [published in the June 23 edition of The Legal, titled The First Thing We Do: A New Approach to Tort Reform], Peter Coote argues that one of the ways to improve our nation is to allow people to sue lawyers because it is lawyers themselves who are a real problem.

By Samuel H. Pond

4 minute read