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Martin Law has partnered with LeagueSide for over 13 seasons to provide children with the opportunity to take the field. This autumn Martin Law worked... Read more
Time Limits for Filing Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Claims
Is there a time limit to file workers comp? A work injury can disrupt a person’s entire life and cause physical pain as well as emotional aggravation from dealing with medical bills and insurance bureaucracy. Filing and getting a workers’ compensation claim recognized can help alleviate these issues. However, unless an employee acts within the… Read more
Philadelphia “Heart and Lung” Disability Act
A controversial disability program that provides extra disability protection and benefits to the city’s finest police officers and firefighters is under fire from city officials. The program is commonly known as the “Heart and Lung Act” even though it is an all-inclusive disability program that was designed to provide temporary benefits for injured officers and… Read more
George Martin Participating in Tort Roundtable on June 23
Martin Law founding partner, George Martin, will be participating in the 3-credit CLE, Tort Roundtable, next Thursday, June 23. Moderated by Tim Riley, the event will take place at the Philadelphia Westin from 11:00am- 2:30pm and Workers’ Compensation will be one of the topics highlighted. George will be speaking alongside several other experienced trial attorneys from… Read more
AFL-CIO Releases “Death on the Job”: Its 2011 Worker Safety Report
Recently, the AFL-CIO released the 2011 edition of its annual report on American workers’ safety and health. Entitled “Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect,” the report compiles statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and presents the findings in terms of lives lost, numbers of illnesses and injuries, as well as the… Read more
Subrogation and the Heart and Lung Act as it Pertains to Workers’ Comp Case
In a case of first impression of Oliver v. City of Pittsburgh, Pa, the Supreme Court held that an employer has no subrogation claim against a civil settlement to recover the benefits it paid a claimant under the Pennsylvania Heart and Lung Act (HLA). The Court reasoned that since Act 44 does not mention HLA,… Read more
Jumping Down Stairs not Covered by Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation
In June 2007, cook and housekeeper Jeffrey Smith voluntarily jumped down a flight of 12 stairs on his lunch break at work at Penn State University, breaking both legs. After surgery in which screws were implanted in his ankles, Smith applied for workers’ compensation benefits for these injuries, claiming that they were work related. He… Read more
Leaders in Workers’ Comp: Ten Attorney’s on Super Lawyers®
Martin Law has a stellar representation in the 2011 Super Lawyer® results. For the second consecutive year all 6 of our partners are listed as Pennsylvania Super Lawyers®, including 5 partners on the Top 100 in Philadelphia. Martin Law attorneys represent 3 out of 5 total workers’ comp attorney’s listed on the Top 100 in… Read more
Unsupported Factual Findings for a Workers’ Comp Case
In the case, City of Pittsburgh v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Wilson), the judge granted a review petition to expand the work injury to included an aggravation of a pre-existing degenerative cervical condition and relied upon a prior independent medical examination (IME) report. The Court led that the judge’s determination was not supported by the… Read more
Fee Review of Workers’ Comp Case
During the case of Fidelity and Guaranty Co. v. Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (Community Medical Center), a medical provider disputed the amount the insurer reimbursed it for treatment provided to a claimant by filing an application for fee review with the Bureau on the 85th day after the original billing date. The insurer asserted that… Read more