• Malak v. Maxim Healthcare Serv. (Workers' Comp. Appeal Bd.)

    Publication Date: 2024-08-16
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 396 C.D. 2021

    Workers' Compensation Appeal Board erred in affirming the denial of a penalty petition seeking reimbursement of medical marijuana costs where neither the Medical Marijuana Act nor federal law prohibited a workers' compensation insurer or employer from reimbursing for reasonable and necessary medical marijuana treatment costs. Order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board reversed.

  • Iskra v. Aussie Pet Mobile Bux-Mont (Workers' Comp. Appeal Bd.)

    Publication Date: 2024-08-09
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: 503 C.D. 2021

    Workers' compensation judge erred in reinstating total disability benefits as of the date of court decision striking down impairment rating evaluation provisions rather than the date of claimant's reinstatement petition where the court decision was not given full retroactivity. Order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board vacated and remanded in part and reversed in part.

  • Molchan v. Mercer County Tax Claim Bureau

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 382 C.D. 2023

    Trial court erred in denying petition to set aside upset tax sale based on alleged defects in posted notice where county revenue department's director was not qualified to testify as to how third-party company created and maintained its record of posting notice on the property. Order of the trial court reversed.

  • St. Elmo Dev., LLC v. Zoning Hearing Bd. of City of Allentown

    Publication Date: 2024-07-12
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 48 C.D. 2023

    Trial court erred in not requiring city to present its evidence first in hearing over an alleged zoning violation because §616.1(d) of the Municipalities Planning Code was mandatory and could not be waived. Reversed.

  • Krasner v. Henry

    Publication Date: 2024-07-05
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: Legal Services | State and Local Government | Transportation
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 8 M.D. 2024

    Court rejected petitioners' constitutional challenge to law appointing special prosecutor to handle crimes occurring on Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority property, where the law did not improperly usurp petitioners' prosecutorial functions, did not violate defendants' equal protection or due process rights, and did not constitute a special or local law as it was directed to an instrumentality of the commonwealth. Petitioner's application for summary relief denied, respondent's cross-application granted. Intervenor's m

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  • Reading Anthracite Co. v. Oxenrider

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Insurance | Mining and Resources
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 120 C.D. 2023

    Petitioners sought review of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board's order affirming a workers' compensation judge's decision that denied a petition for review of a compensation benefits award. The court affirmed, holding that the workers' compensation judge did not err by considering circumstances, including the timeliness and the manner in which an insurer handled a claim, when denying a corrective amendment to a Notice of Compensation Payable where the issue was the identity of the claimant's employer.

  • Lutheran Home at Kane v. Dep't of Human Serv.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-21
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 303 C.D. 2023

    Department of Human Services' calculation of rate reimbursement by inflating costs from the end point of the cost report year to the mid-point of the rate year was a reasonable interpretation of ambiguous regulations and was thus entitled to administrative agency deference. Order of DHS, Bureau of Hearings and Appeals affirmed.

  • CRG Serv. Mgmt., LLC v. Lowhill Twp.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-21
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1091 C.D. 2023

    Land development application deemed approved where township's denial notice failed to cite specific defects in application or incorporate documents relied upon to support the denial. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • In re 3401 Sky Prop., LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-06-21
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 828, 829, 830 C.D. 2022

    Zoning board erred in denying applicant's requested multi-family use variances for buildings in a single-family residential district that had been used as multi-family dwellings for more than 50 years and court found board's findings and conclusions were not supported by substantial evidence and it abused its discretion in denying the variances. Reversed.

  • Alsyrawan v. Dep't of Human Servs.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-07
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 111 C.D. 2023

    Petitioner sought review of a final order affirming respondent's decision adopting an administrative law judge's adjudication that denied petitioner's request for an exception to the cap on in-home care hours he could receive from his family. The court affirmed, holding that petitioner failed to demonstrate a burden on his free exercise of religion where he could continue to receive available home care and companion services despite the fact that his mother and sister would no longer be paid for providing more than 60 hours of care pe