• Mercy Catholic Med. Ctr. v. Ryan

    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Cannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 554 C.D. 2022

    Board erred in reversing Worker's Compensation Judge's denial of that part of claimant's workers' compensation petition related to aggravation of her preexisting anxiety and depression because the causal connection between claimant's shoulder injury and the alleged aggravation of her preexisting anxiety and depression were not well pleaded and employer did not lose its ability to contest that issue by filing a late answer to the claim petition. Reversed.

  • Muhammad v. Kelly Serv. Global LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-01-01
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Education | Recruitment and Staffing
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Wojcik
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 964 C.D. 2022

    Claimant argued Workers' Compensation Judge's decision granting claimant's claim petition for a closed period, denying her penalty petition and granting employer's termination petition did not meet the reasoned decision requirements of Section 422(a) of the Workers' Compensation Act and court found board did not address that claim and vacated and remanded for board to consider the issue. Vacated.

  • Precht v. Unemployment Comp. Bd. of Review

    Publication Date: 2024-01-01
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Consulting | Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Jubelirer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 710 C.D. 2021

    Unemployment benefits claimant appealed the denial of benefits on the grounds he was self-employed and court found no error in Unemployment Compensation Board of Review's reasoning that the positive steps analysis was applicable to a determination of whether an individual was self-employed in a stand-alone context under the law after he had been separated from his employment and, under that analysis, claimant was self-employed under the law. Affirmed.

  • Searfoss v. Commonwealth

    Publication Date: 2023-12-25
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Cannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 145 M.D. 2023

    Claimant filed a complaint sounding in contract, quasi-contract, and mandamus to enforce an alleged compromise and release agreement in workers' compensation case and court held there was no valid and enforceable C&R agreement as a matter of law. Complaint dismissed.

  • Needham v. Chubb Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-19
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-1829

    Plaintiffs appealed the adverse summary judgment entered by the district court.

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  • Premium Transp. Staffing, Inc. v. Welker

    Publication Date: 2023-12-18
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Recruitment and Staffing | Transportation
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Leavitt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1329 C.D. 2022

    Board erred in affirming Workers' Compensation Judge and finding claimant truck driver's "mental/mental" injury arose from an abnormal working condition, a fire in a tractor trailer truck, because claimant acknowledged he could anticipate a truck fire, had been trained how to respond to a fire and the relatively minor fire that was quickly extinguished was not an "extraordinarily unusual and distressing" employment event for a truck driver. Reversed.

  • Schmidt v. Schmidt, Kirifides & Rassias, PC

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Legal Services | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1039 C.D. 2021

    Workers' compensation judge properly concluded employer violated the workers' compensation act by refusing to reimburse claimant for the cost of CBD oil prescribed by his doctor to treat his work related injury and board violated the standard of review by disregarding WCJ's findings of fact, by expressly refusing to define whether CBD oil was a medicine or supply and in concluding it would violate federal law to direct insurer to reimburse claimant for an over-the-counter dietary supplement. Reversed

  • James v. Wal-Mart Distrib. Ctr.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Retail
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Carpenter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 220602184

    Plaintiff appealed the court's order granting defendants' motion to transfer venue of plaintiff's workplace injury suit to Lehigh County. The court entered a new opinion in which it clarified that it had evaluated the totality of the record to conclude that defendants met their burden of proof that trial in Philadelphia would be vexatious and oppressive to them, and not merely inconvenient, with the result that its order should be affirmed.

  • City of Pittsburgh v. Fraternal Order of Police

    Publication Date: 2023-11-27
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge McCullough
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1076 C.D. 2022

    Arbitrator properly found for Fraternal Order of Police in its grievance over termination of health insurance for surviving spouses of retired police officers because arbitrator's award was based on arbitrator's interpretation of disputed terms and conditions in the CBA and was entitled to deference. Affirmed.

  • Modlin v. Piazza Mgmt. Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-27
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Pratter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-279

    Mercedes USA moved to dismiss plaintiff's title VII disparate treatment, hostile work environment and retaliation action against Mercedes USA and dealership that she worked for and court found plaintiff sufficiently alleged facts to show Mercedes USA was a joint employer and the complaint was not improper "shotgun pleading." Motion denied.