The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Christopher Munley | November 10, 2018
On Aug. 14, the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office released a grand jury report (report) on Catholic clergy sexual abuse after a two-year investigation that revealed that more than 300 priests sexually abused more than 1,000 children over seven decades in six of the state's eight Roman Catholic dioceses.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Virginia King | November 9, 2018
Exterior premises liability cases usually begin with the premise that the owner of the property abutting the sidewalk has primary responsibility for the sidewalk, while the municipality's liability is secondary.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Susan Nanes | November 9, 2018
When a worker is injured on the job by a third party, a special relationship arises between workers' compensation counsel and personal injury counsel, with the claimant/plaintiff in the middle.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Vikram Subramanian and Jay Evans | November 8, 2018
At least one in six American consumers own and use wearable technology—watches and fitness monitors that allow the compilation and exchange of data without the user's involvement—based on a 2016 study cited in Forbes.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Anthony Natale III | October 29, 2018
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.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Rebecca L. Dillon | October 28, 2018
Hiring independent contractors is a growing practice for many businesses, allowing them to take on work larger in scope without all of the associated costs involved in hiring full-time employees—including the expense of workers' compensation insurance.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Denise Elliott and Paul Clouser | October 28, 2018
Is there overlap between Pennsylvania's 2-year-old Medical Marijuana Act and the much much older Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act? You bet there is. Just look at the list of qualifying medical conditions for which a Pennsylvania resident may obtain medical marijuana.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Ruxandra M. Osgood | October 27, 2018
The Workers' Compensation Act provides protections and remedies for workers injured in the course and scope of their employment. Due to the humanitarian purposes of the act, the courts have held that the act is remedial in nature and must be liberally construed in light most favorable to injured workers in order to effectuate its humanitarian objective.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Zachary M. Rubinich | October 26, 2018
Historically, employees either drove or commuted into work five days a week. As the digital age has advanced, remote work has become a standard practice for many companies in various types of industries.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Marianne Henry Saylor | October 26, 2018
In 1972, the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act was amended to include language mandating that attorney fees be awarded as a cost to the employer unless the employer established that it had a reasonable basis to contest the claim.
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