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162 <meta itemprop="width" content="1200" /> 163 <meta itemprop="height" content="1200" /> 164 <meta itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="http://schema.org/False" /> 165</div> 166 <div class="published-date"><span class="published-date-label"></span> <time datetime="2026-08-24T09:11:27-04:00" class="post-date published" itemprop="datePublished" pubdate>August 24, 2026</time></div> 167 168 169 <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/pa-workers-compensation-judge-lacks-authority-to-place-preconditions-before-holding-hearing-on-compromise-release-agreement/" itemprop="url" title="Permalink to PA Workersâ Compensation Judge Lacks Authority to Place Preconditions Before Holding Hearing on Compromise & Release Agreement" rel="bookmark">PA Workersâ Compensation Judge Lacks Authority to Place Preconditions Before Holding Hearing on Compromise & Release Agreement</a> 170 </h2> 171 <meta itemprop="headline" content="PA Workersâ Compensation Judge Lacks Authority to Place Preconditions Before Holding Hearing on Compromise ..." /> 172 173 174 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a href="https://www.bnlegal.com/glenn-c-neiman.html" class="url fn author-bnlegal-2 author-240 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Glenn Neiman</span></a><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://twitter.com/Glenn" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/glenn-neiman/26/3ba/6b7" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="http://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/glenn-neiman-1391144" /></span></div> 175 176 <div class="sharelinks sharelinks-971 sharelinks-horizontal" id="sharelinks-971"> 177 <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp82BKZ-fF&text=PA+Workers%E2%80%99+Compensation+Judge+Lacks+Authority+to+Place+Preconditions+Before+Holding+Hearing+on+Compromise+%26amp%3B+Release+Agreement&related=Glenn%3APost+Author" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/share/twitter.gif" alt="Tweet this Post" /></a> 178 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com%2Fpa-workers-compensation-judge-lacks-authority-to-place-preconditions-before-holding-hearing-on-compromise-release-agreement%2F" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/share/fb.gif" alt="Share on Facebook" /></a> 179 <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com%2Fpa-workers-compensation-judge-lacks-authority-to-place-preconditions-before-holding-hearing-on-compromise-release-agreement%2F&title=PA+Workers%E2%80%99+Compensation+Judge+Lacks+Authority+to+Place+Preconditions+Before+Holding+Hearing+on+Compromise+%26amp%3B+Release+Agreement&source=Pennsylvania+Workers%26%23039%3B+Compensation+Lawyer+Blog" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/share/linkedin.gif" alt="Share on LinkedIn" /></a> 180</div> </header> 181 <div class="content" itemprop="articleBody"> 182 <div class="entry-content"> 183 <p>As most of you know, the Pennsylvania Workersâ Compensation System is within its own âbubble.â PA workersâ compensation cases are not litigated in the general State court system. Within this system, each Workersâ Compensation Judge (WCJ) has his or her own particular procedures for how he or she handles their caseload. These procedures, however, must remain consistent with the dictates of the Pennsylvania Workersâ Compensation Act (Act). A recent decision from Commonwealth Court provides an example of when a WCJâs procedures are at odds with the Act.</p> 184<p>In<a href="https://www.pacourts.us/assets/opinions/Commonwealth/out/481CD25_8-20-26.pdf?cb=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> <u>Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania v. Natalie Braas, Corey Grink, and Dean Kenniff (Workersâ Compensation Appeal Board)</u>,</a> a Petition for Termination and two Petitions for Review of Utilization Review Determination were being litigated before a WCJ. After the evidentiary record was closed, and after the Defendant submitted its brief, the parties reached an agreement to settle the case by Compromise & Release.</p> 185<p>To complete the Compromise & Release, the Defendant filed a Petition to Seek Approval of Compromise & Release Agreement. This was filed under the same dispute number as the pending Termination and Utilization Review Petitions. As would be expected, the new pet
185ition was assigned to the same WCJ who was presiding over the pending litigation.</p> 186<div class="read_more_link"><a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/pa-workers-compensation-judge-lacks-authority-to-place-preconditions-before-holding-hearing-on-compromise-release-agreement/" title="Continue Reading PA Workersâ Compensation Judge Lacks Authority to Place Preconditions Before Holding Hearing on Compromise & Release Agreement" class="more-link">Continue reading</a></div> 187 </div> 188 </div> 189 <footer> 190 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a href="https://www.bnlegal.com/glenn-c-neiman.html" class="url fn author-bnlegal-2 author-240 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Glenn Neiman</span></a><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://twitter.com/Glenn" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/glenn-neiman/26/3ba/6b7" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="http://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/glenn-neiman-1391144" /></span></div> <div itemprop="publisher" itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemscope> 191 <meta itemprop="name" content="Brilliant & Neiman, LLC" /> 192 193<div itemprop="logo" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" itemscope> 194 <link itemprop="url" href="/jresources/v/20211007004730/images/logo.png" /> 195 <meta itemprop="height" content="" /> 196 <meta itemprop="width" content="" /> 197 <meta itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="http://schema.org/True" /> 198</div> 199 </div> 200 201 <div class="category-list"><span class="category-list-label">Posted in:</span> <span class="category-list-items"><a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/category/case-law-update/" title="View all posts in Case Law Update" class="category-case-law-update term-7 post-category-link">Case Law Update</a>, <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/category/worker-comp-generally/" title="View all posts in Worker Comp Generally" class="category-worker-comp-generally term-14 post-category-link">Worker Comp Generally</a>, <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/category/workers-comp-appeals/" title="View all posts in Workers Comp Appeals" class="category-workers-comp-appeals term-15 post-category-link">Workers Comp Appeals</a>, <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/category/workers-compensation-litigation/" title="View all posts in Workers Compensation Litigation" class="category-workers-compensation-litigation term-13 post-category-link">Workers Compensation Litigation</a> and <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/category/workers-compensation-settlements/" title="View all posts in Workers Compensation Settlements" class="category-workers-compensation-settlements term-11 post-category-link">Workers Compensation Settlements</a></span></div> 202 <div class="published-date"><span class="published-date-label"></span> <time datetime="2026-08-24T09:11:27-04:00" class="post-date published" itemprop="datePublished" pubdate>August 24, 2026</time></div> <div class="visuallyhidden">Updated: 203 <time datetime="2026-08-24T09:11:27-04:00" class="updated" itemprop="dateModified">August 24, 2026 9:11 am</time> 204 </div> 205 206 207 208 209 210 </footer> 211 212 </div> 213</article> 214 215 216<article id="post-969" class="entry post-969 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-case-law-update category-worker-comp-generally category-workers-compensation-litigation" itemprop="blogPost" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" itemscope> 217 <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/https-www-pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog-com-which-workers-comp-appellate-decisions-count-in-pa/" /> 218 <div class="inner-wrapper"> 219 <header> 220 221 222 223 <div id="default-featured-image-969-post-id-969" itemprop="image" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" itemscope> 224 <link itemprop="url" href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/99/2019/02/social-image-logo-og.png" />
225 <meta itemprop="width" content="1200" /> 226 <meta itemprop="height" content="1200" /> 227 <meta itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="http://schema.org/False" /> 228</div> 229 <div class="published-date"><span class="published-date-label"></span> <time datetime="2026-07-30T11:17:00-04:00" class="post-date published" itemprop="datePublished" pubdate>July 30, 2026</time></div> 230 231 232 <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/https-www-pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog-com-which-workers-comp-appellate-decisions-count-in-pa/" itemprop="url" title="Permalink to When Does an Aggravation of a Preexisting Condition End in PA Workersâ Compensation?" rel="bookmark">When Does an Aggravation of a Preexisting Condition End in PA Workersâ Compensation?</a> 233 </h2> 234 <meta itemprop="headline" content="When Does an Aggravation of a Preexisting Condition End in PA Workersâ Compensation?" /> 235 236 237 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a href="https://www.bnlegal.com/glenn-c-neiman.html" class="url fn author-bnlegal-2 author-240 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Glenn Neiman</span></a><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://twitter.com/Glenn" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/glenn-neiman/26/3ba/6b7" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="http://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/glenn-neiman-1391144" /></span></div> 238 239 <div class="sharelinks sharelinks-969 sharelinks-horizontal" id="sharelinks-969"> 240 <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp82BKZ-fD&text=When+Does+an+Aggravation+of+a+Preexisting+Condition+End+in+PA+Workers%E2%80%99+Compensation%3F&related=Glenn%3APost+Author" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/share/twitter.gif" alt="Tweet this Post" /></a> 241 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com%2Fhttps-www-pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog-com-which-workers-comp-appellate-decisions-count-in-pa%2F" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/share/fb.gif" alt="Share on Facebook" /></a> 242 <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com%2Fhttps-www-pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog-com-which-workers-comp-appellate-decisions-count-in-pa%2F&title=When+Does+an+Aggravation+of+a+Preexisting+Condition+End+in+PA+Workers%E2%80%99+Compensation%3F&source=Pennsylvania+Workers%26%23039%3B+Compensation+Lawyer+Blog" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/share/linkedin.gif" alt="Share on LinkedIn" /></a> 243</div> </header> 244 <div class="content" itemprop="articleBody"> 245 <div class="entry-content"> 246 <p>Just because an injured worker had some problems with a body part before a work injury does not preclude a ânew injuryâ in a PA workersâ compensation case. The concept of âaggravationâ of a preexisting condition, a ânew injury,â as compared to a ârecurrenceâ of that condition, is central enough to the world of PA workersâ compensation that <a href="https://www.bnlegal.com/workers-compensation/aggravation-of-a-pre-existing-condition/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
246we devote an entire page of our website to discuss this concept.</a> It is a concept we often see in PA workersâ compensation litigation. This issue comes up both at the initial stage of an injury, as well as when there is an allegation that the âaggravationâ has ended.</p> 247<p>It is with this preface that we discuss a recent unreported decision from the Commonwealth Court of PA, <a href="https://www.pacourts.us/assets/opinions/Commonwealth/out/283CD25_7-24-26.pdf?cb=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><u>Rodolfo Perez-Martinez v. Dart Container Corporation of Pennsylvania (Workersâ Compensation Appeal Board</u>)</a>. This case deals with how and when an âaggravation of a preexisting conditionâ ends for the purposes of PA workersâ comp.</p> 248<p><a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/which-workers-comp-appellate-decisions-count-in-pa/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">As we have previously discussed on this blog, âunreportedâ decisions from the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania are of limited value in PA workersâ compensation cases, since they are not âprecedential.â</a> Thatâs a fancy way of saying lower courts (including Workersâ Compensation Judges [WCJs]) are not bound by these unreported decisions. However, unreported decisions are still of some value to us. These decisions can still be âpersuasiveâ to a WCJ. Additionally, these decisions offer insights into the thinking of the Commonwealth Court, so as to help us understand how the Court may rule in a future case.</p> 249<div class="read_more_link"><a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/https-www-pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog-com-which-workers-comp-appellate-decisions-count-in-pa/" title="Continue Reading When Does an Aggravation of a Preexisting Condition End in PA Workersâ Compensation?" class="more-link">Continue reading</a></div> 250 </div> 251 </div> 252 <footer> 253 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a href="https://www.bnlegal.com/glenn-c-neiman.html" class="url fn author-bnlegal-2 author-240 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Glenn Neiman</span></a><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://twitter.com/Glenn" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/glenn-neiman/26/3ba/6b7" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="http://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/glenn-neiman-1391144" /></span></div> <div itemprop="publisher" itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemscope> 254 <meta itemprop="name" content="Brilliant & Neiman, LLC" /> 255 256<div itemprop="logo" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" itemscope> 257 <link itemprop="url" href="/jresources/v/20211007004730/images/logo.png" /> 258 <meta itemprop="height" content="" /> 259 <meta itemprop="width" content="" /> 260 <meta itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="http://schema.org/True" /> 261</div> 262 </div> 263 264 <div class="category-list"><span class="category-list-label">Posted in:</span> <span class="category-list-items"><a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/category/case-law-update/" title="View all posts in Case Law Update" class="category-case-law-update term-7 post-category-link">Case Law Update</a>, <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/category/worker-comp-generally/" title="View all posts in Worker Comp Generally" class="category-worker-comp-generally term-14 post-category-link">Worker Comp Generally</a> and <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/category/workers-compensation-litigation/" title="View all posts in Workers Compensation Litigation" class="category-workers-compensation-litigation term-13 post-category-link">Workers Compensation Litigation</a></span></div> 265 <div class="published-date"><span class="published-date-label"></span> <time datetime="2026-07-30T11:17:00-04:00" class="post-date published" itemprop="datePublished" pubdate>July 30, 2026</time></div> <div class="visuallyhidden">Updated: 266 <time datetime="2026-07-30T11:17:00-04:00" class="updated" itemprop="dateModified">July 30, 2026 11:17 am</time> 267 </div> 268 269 270 271 272 273 </footer> 274 275 </div> 276</article> 277 278 279<article id="post-967" class="entry post-967 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-case-law-update category-wage-loss-benefits category-worker-comp-generally category-workers-comp-appeals category-workers-compensation-litigation" itemprop="blogPost" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" itemscope> 280 <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/employee-injured-during-lunch-break-e
280ntitled-to-pa-workers-compensation-benefits/" /> 281 <div class="inner-wrapper"> 282 <header> 283 284 285 286 <div id="default-featured-image-967-post-id-967" itemprop="image" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" itemscope> 287 <link itemprop="url" href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/99/2019/02/social-image-logo-og.png" /> 288 <meta itemprop="width" content="1200" /> 289 <meta itemprop="height" content="1200" /> 290 <meta itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="http://schema.org/False" /> 291</div> 292 <div class="published-date"><span class="published-date-label"></span> <time datetime="2026-07-15T15:58:22-04:00" class="post-date published" itemprop="datePublished" pubdate>July 15, 2026</time></div> 293 294 295 <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/employee-injured-during-lunch-break-entitled-to-pa-workers-compensation-benefits/" itemprop="url" title="Permalink to Employee Injured During Lunch Break Entitled to PA Workersâ Compensation Benefits" rel="bookmark">Employee Injured During Lunch Break Entitled to PA Workersâ Compensation Benefits</a> 296 </h2> 297 <meta itemprop="headline" content="Employee Injured During Lunch Break Entitled to PA Workersâ Compensation Benefits" /> 298 299 300 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a href="https://www.bnlegal.com/glenn-c-neiman.html" class="url fn author-bnlegal-2 author-240 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Glenn Neiman</span></a><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://twitter.com/Glenn" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/glenn-neiman/26/3ba/6b7" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="http://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/glenn-neiman-1391144" /></span></div> 301 302 <div class="sharelinks sharelinks-967 sharelinks-horizontal" id="sharelinks-967"> 303 <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp82BKZ-fB&text=Employee+Injured+During+Lunch+Break+Entitled+to+PA+Workers%E2%80%99+Compensation+Benefits&related=Glenn%3APost+Author" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/share/twitter.gif" alt="Tweet this Post" /></a> 304 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com%2Femployee-injured-during-lunch-break-entitled-to-pa-workers-compensation-benefits%2F" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/share/fb.gif" alt="Share on Facebook" /></a> 305 <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com%2Femployee-injured-during-lunch-break-entitled-to-pa-workers-compensation-benefits%2F&title=Employee+Injured+During+Lunch+Break+Entitled+to+PA+Workers%E2%80%99+Compensation+Benefits&source=Pennsylvania+Workers%26%23039%3B+Compensation+Lawyer+Blog" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/share/linkedin.gif" alt="Share on LinkedIn" /></a> 306</div> </header> 307 <div class="content" itemprop="articleBody"> 308 <div class="entry-content"> 309 <p>A work injury in Pennsylvania is generally compensable if the injured worker is hurt while in the scope and course of his or her employment. Simple, right? The hard part comes with understanding the terms. Like, what constitutes âscope and courseâ of employment?</p> 310<p>For starters, you will not find this term in the PA Workersâ Compensation Act. Instead, this is a concept created by the courts over the past many years. Another concept created by the courts is the âpersonal comfort doctrine,â which says that an employee does not leave the scope and course of employment while making a brief departure from his or her duties to attend to personal needs, whether that be a cigarette break, food, a drink or a visit to the restroom.</p> 311<p>Does one leave the âscope and courseâ of employment when taking a break? That becomes a magic question, and one that is often seen in litigation. Scope and course cases are very fact-specific, making it difficult to provide clear rules for what is, and what is not, covered.</p> 312<div class="read_more_link"><a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/employee-injured-during-lunch-break-e
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'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/share/linkedin.gif" alt="Share on LinkedIn" /></a> 369</div> </header> 370 <div class="content" itemprop="articleBody"> 371 <div class="entry-content"> 372 <p>Recently, the Pennsylvania Bureau of Workersâ Compensation announced that two new Workersâ Compensation Judges (WCJs) have been added to the bench, and will be hearing cases in the Philadelphia hearing office located at 801 Arch Street. The new WCJs are Jennifer Etkin, Esquire and Jenifer Kaufman, Esquire.</p> 373<p>The Philadelphia hearing office is, along with Delaware County, in the Southeastern District under the PA Bureauâs alignment. Cases in Delaware County are handled by the hearing office located at 760 West Sproul Road in Springfield.</p> 374<p>Pennsylvania is divided into four districts by the PA Bureau of Workersâ Compensation. In addition to the Southeastern District, there is the Eastern District, the Central District and the Western District.</p> 375<div class="read_more_link"><a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/new-workers-compensation-judges-in-philadelphia-hearing-office/" title="Continue Reading New Workersâ Compensation Judges in Philadelphia Hearing Office" class="more-link">Continue reading</a></div> 376 </div> 377 </div> 378 <footer> 379 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a href="https://www.bnlegal.com/glenn-c-neiman.html" class="url fn author-bnlegal-2 author-240 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Glenn Neiman</span></a><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://twitter.com/Glenn" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/glenn-neiman/26/3ba/6b7" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" 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414 <meta itemprop="width" content="1200" /> 415 <meta itemprop="height" content="1200" /> 416 <meta itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="http://schema.org/False" /> 417</div> 418 <div class="published-date"><span class="published-date-label"></span> <time datetime="2026-03-05T09:46:07-05:00" class="post-date published" itemprop="datePublished" pubdate>March 5, 2026</time></div> 419 420 421 <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/capital-healths-micro-hospital-coming-to-langhorne/" itemprop="url" title="Permalink to Capital Healthâs âMicro-Hospitalâ Coming to Langhorne" rel="bookmark">Capital Healthâs âMicro-Hospitalâ Coming to Langhorne</a> 422 </h2> 423 <meta itemprop="headline" content="Capital Healthâs âMicro-Hospitalâ Coming to Langhorne" /> 424 425 426 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a href="https://www.bnlegal.com/glenn-c-neiman.html" class="url fn author-bnlegal-2 author-240 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Glenn Neiman</span></a><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://twitter.com/Glenn" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/glenn-neiman/26/3ba/6b7" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="http://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/glenn-neiman-1391144" /></span></div> 427 428 <div class="sharelinks sharelinks-963 sharelinks-horizontal" id="sharelinks-963"> 429 <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp82BKZ-fx&text=Capital+Health%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%9CMicro-Hospital%E2%80%9D+Coming+to+Langhorne&related=Glenn%3APost+Author" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/share/twitter.gif" alt="Tweet this Post" /></a> 430 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com%2Fcapital-healths-micro-hospital-coming-to-langhorne%2F" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/share/fb.gif" alt="Share on Facebook" /></a> 431 <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com%2Fcapital-healths-micro-hospital-coming-to-langhorne%2F&title=Capital+Health%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%9CMicro-Hospital%E2%80%9D+Coming+to+Langhorne&source=Pennsylvania+Workers%26%23039%3B+Compensation+Lawyer+Blog" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/share/linkedin.gif" alt="Share on LinkedIn" /></a> 432</div> </header> 433 <div class="content" itemprop="articleBody"> 434 <div class="entry-content"> 435 <p>Capital Health is planning to build a âmicro-hospitalâ in Langhorne, next to Oxford Valley Mall. In 2019, Capital Health purchased the property, which had been a bariatric surgery center. The plan was stymied by the pandemic, though it is now said to be moving forward, according to an article in <a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2026/03/02/capital-health-micro-hospital-oxford-valley-mall.html">Philadelphia Business Journal</a>.</p> 436<p>The âmicro-hospital,â also known as a âneighborhood hospital,â will be a fully licensed medical center. Patients will have access to the general services of a traditional hospital in a more local, and convenient, setting.</p> 437<p>Though specific details have not yet been provided, these types of facilities generally have 10 to 15 inpatient beds (for short stays), and an emergency room which will be open around the clock.</p> 438 </div> 439 </div> 440 <footer> 441 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a href="https://www.bnlegal.com/glenn-c-neiman.html" class="url fn author-bnlegal-2 author-240 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Glenn Neiman</span></a><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://twitter.com/Glenn" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/glenn-neiman/26/3ba/6b7" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="http://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/glenn-neiman-1391144" /></span></div> <div itemprop="publisher" itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemscope> 442 <meta itemprop="name" content="Brilliant & Neiman, LLC" /> 443 444<div itemprop="logo" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" itemscope> 445 <link itemprop="url" href="/jresources/v/20211007004730/images/logo.png" /> 446 <meta itemprop="height" content="" /> 447 <meta itemprop="width" content="" /> 448 <meta itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="http://schema.org/True" /> 449</div> 450 </div> 451 452 <div class="category-list"><span class="category-list-label">Posted in:</span> <span class="category-list-items"><a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/category/medical-news/" title="View all posts in Medical News" class="category-medical-news term-6 post-category-link">Medical News</a></span></div> 453 <div class="published-date"><span class="published-date-label"></span> <time datetime="2026-03-05T09:46:07-05:00" class="post-date published" itemprop="datePublished" pubdate>March 5, 2026</time></div> <div class="visuallyhidden">Updated: 454 <time datetime="2026-03-05T09:46:07-05:00" class="updated" itemprop="dateModified">March 5, 2026 9:46 am</time> 455 </div> 456 457 458 459 460 461 </footer> 462 463 </div> 464</article> 465 466 467<article id="post-961" class="entry post-961 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-medical-benefits category-worker-comp-generally" itemprop="blogPost" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" itemscope> 468 <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/injured-workers-in-pa-only-bound-by-properly-posted-panel/" /> 469 <div class="inner-wrapper"> 470 <header> 471 472 473 474 <div id="default-featured-image-961-post-id-961" itemprop="image" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" itemscope> 475 <link itemprop="url" href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/99/2019/02/social-image-logo-og.png" />
476 <meta itemprop="width" content="1200" /> 477 <meta itemprop="height" content="1200" /> 478 <meta itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="http://schema.org/False" /> 479</div> 480 <div class="published-date"><span class="published-date-label"></span> <time datetime="2026-02-16T09:20:00-05:00" class="post-date published" itemprop="datePublished" pubdate>February 16, 2026</time></div> 481 482 483 <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/injured-workers-in-pa-only-bound-by-properly-posted-panel/" itemprop="url" title="Permalink to Injured Workers in PA Only Bound by Properly Posted Panel" rel="bookmark">Injured Workers in PA Only Bound by Properly Posted Panel</a> 484 </h2> 485 <meta itemprop="headline" content="Injured Workers in PA Only Bound by Properly Posted Panel" /> 486 487 488 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a href="https://www.bnlegal.com/glenn-c-neiman.html" class="url fn author-bnlegal-2 author-240 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Glenn Neiman</span></a><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://twitter.com/Glenn" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/glenn-neiman/26/3ba/6b7" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="http://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/glenn-neiman-1391144" /></span></div> 489 490 <div class="sharelinks sharelinks-961 sharelinks-horizontal" id="sharelinks-961"> 491 <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp82BKZ-fv&text=Injured+Workers+in+PA+Only+Bound+by+Properly+Posted+Panel&related=Glenn%3APost+Author" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/share/twitter.gif" 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false;"><img src="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/share/linkedin.gif" alt="Share on LinkedIn" /></a> 494</div> </header> 495 <div class="content" itemprop="articleBody"> 496 <div class="entry-content"> 497 <p>There is a common misconception that the workersâ compensation insurance carrier controls medical treatment whenever a worker is injured in Pennsylvania. <a href="https://www.bnlegal.com/faqs/#tab-25-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">This is addressed in broad strokes on our website. </a> The truth is, a workersâ compensation insurer in PA may control medical treatment for the first 90 days of an injury, only if certain requirements are met (and very often, they are not). Even then, there are situations where the injured worker is not bound by the insurerâs desired healthcare providers. As with many aspects in the complex world of PA workersâ comp, it pays for an injured worker to know his or her rights.</p> 498<p>An employer may post a âpanelâ of healthcare providers for an injured worker to use in the case of a work injury. For a panel posting to be valid, it must include at least six healthcare providers (at least three of which must be physicians). No more than four of the healthcare providers can be part of a coordinated care organization. Though it may seem obvious, the providers must be geographically accessible for the injured worker. The panel listing must contain the name and specialty of each provider, the address and phone number, and any ownership relationship.</p> 499<p>Those requirements are just pertaining to the content of the panel posting. For a panel posting to be valid and binding, more is required. The panel must be âconspicuouslyâ posted in an employee-accessible area (such as a breakroom, locker room, first aid station or time clock area). Additionally, employees must receive a written copy of the panel at the time he or she is hired, as well as either immediately after, or as soon as possible after, an injury.</p> 500<div class="read_more_link"><a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/injured-workers-in-pa-only-bound-by-properly-posted-panel/" title="Continue Reading Injured Workers in PA Only Bound by Properly Posted Panel" class="more-link">Continue reading</a></div> 501 </div> 502 </div> 503 <footer> 504 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a href="https://www.bnlegal.com/glenn-c-neiman.html" class="url fn author-bnlegal-2 author-240 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Glenn Neiman</span></a><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://twitter.com/Glenn" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/glenn-neiman/26/3ba/6b7" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="http://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/glenn-neiman-1391144" /></span></div> <div itemprop="publisher" itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemscope> 505 <meta itemprop="name" content="Brilliant & Neiman, LLC" /> 506 507<div itemprop="logo" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" itemscope> 508 <link itemprop="url" href="/jresources/v/20211007004730/images/logo.png" /> 509 <meta itemprop="height" content="" /> 510 <meta itemprop="width" content="" /> 511 <meta itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="http://schema.org/True" /> 512</div> 513 </div> 514 515 <div class="category-list"><span class="category-list-label">Posted in:</span> <span class="category-list-items"><a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/category/medical-benefits/" title="View all posts in Medical Benefits" class="category-medical-benefits term-8 post-category-link">Medical Benefits</a> and <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/category/worker-comp-generally/" title="View all posts in Worker Comp Generally" class="category-worker-comp-generally term-14 post-category-link">Worker Comp Generally</a></span></div> 516 <div class="published-date"><span class="published-date-label"></span> <time datetime="2026-02-16T09:20:00-05:00" class="post-date published" itemprop="datePublished" pubdate>February 16, 2026</time></div> <div class="visuallyhidden">Updated: 517 <time datetime="2026-02-16T09:20:00-05:00" class="updated" itemprop="dateModified">February 16, 2026 9:20 am</time> 518 </div> 519 520 521 522 523 524 </footer> 525 526 </div> 527</article> 528 529 530<article id="post-959" class="entry post-959 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-case-law-update category-worker-comp-generally category-workers-comp-appeals category-workers-compensation-litigation" itemprop="blogPost" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" itemscope> 531 <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/security-fund-not-subject-to-assessment-of-counsel-fees/" /> 532 <div class="inner-wrapper"> 533 <header> 534 535 536 537 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539 <meta itemprop="width" content="1200" /> 540 <meta itemprop="height" content="1200" /> 541 <meta itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="http://schema.org/False" /> 542</div> 543 <div class="published-date"><span class="published-date-label"></span> <time datetime="2026-02-06T10:41:02-05:00" class="post-date published" itemprop="datePublished" pubdate>February 6, 2026</time></div> 544 545 546 <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/security-fund-not-subject-to-assessment-of-counsel-fees/" itemprop="url" title="Permalink to Security Fund Not Subject to Assessment of Counsel Fees" rel="bookmark">Security Fund Not Subject to Assessment of Counsel Fees</a> 547 </h2> 548 <meta itemprop="headline" content="Security Fund Not Subject to Assessment of Counsel Fees" /> 549 550 551 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a href="https://www.bnlegal.com/glenn-c-neiman.html" class="url fn author-bnlegal-2 author-240 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Glenn Neiman</span></a><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://twitter.com/Glenn" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/glenn-neiman/26/3ba/6b7" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="http://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/glenn-neiman-1391144" /></span></div> 552 553 <div class="sharelinks sharelinks-959 sharelinks-horizontal" id="sharelinks-959"> 554 <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp82BKZ-ft&text=Security+Fund+Not+Subject+to+Assessment+of+Counsel+Fees&related=Glenn%3APost+Author" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/share/twitter.gif" 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src="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/share/linkedin.gif" alt="Share on LinkedIn" /></a> 557</div> </header> 558 <div class="content" itemprop="articleBody"> 559 <div class="entry-content"> 560 <p>While many folks know what happens when an Employer violates Pennsylvania law and fails to carry PA workersâ compensation insurance (this is governed by the Uninsured Employersâ Guaranty Fund [UEGF]), few know what happens when a PA workersâ compensation insurance carrier goes bankrupt or ceases to exist. This is where the Security Fund (Fund) steps in and pays the appropriate compensation.</p> 561<p>Much like the UEGF, it is well settled that the Fund is not an âinsurance company,â and therefore immune from penalties for a violation of the Act. The Fund also cannot be assessed counsel fees for maintaining an unreasonable contest. But, the Fund, like the UEGF, is responsible for paying for wage loss and medical treatment related to a work injury, and for the reimbursement of reasonable costs of litigation incurred by the injured worker in procuring such benefits.</p> 562<p>On this blog, <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/supreme-court-of-pennsylvania-reverses-commonwealth-court-of-pennsylvania-allows-fees-charged-to-workers-compensation-insurance-carrier/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">we discussed the landmark <u>Lorino</u> case</a>, where the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held that a Workersâ Compensation Judge (WCJ) can order a payment to an injured workerâs attorney of a counsel fee, even in there was a reasonable contest, and that such a fee is considered a litigation cost.</p> 563<div class="read_more_link"><a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/security-fund-not-subject-to-assessment-of-counsel-fees/" title="Continue Reading Security Fund Not Subject to Assessment of Counsel Fees" class="more-link">Continue reading</a></div> 564 </div> 565 </div> 566 <footer> 567 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a href="https://www.bnlegal.com/glenn-c-neiman.html" class="url fn author-bnlegal-2 author-240 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Glenn Neiman</span></a><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://twitter.com/Glenn" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/glenn-neiman/26/3ba/6b7" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="http://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/glenn-neiman-1391144" /></span></div> <div itemprop="publisher" itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemscope> 568 <meta itemprop="name" content="Brilliant & Neiman, LLC" /> 569 570<div itemprop="logo" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" itemscope> 571 <link itemprop="url" href="/jresources/v/20211007004730/images/logo.png" /> 572 <meta itemprop="height" content="" /> 573 <meta itemprop="width" content="" /> 574 <meta 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Upper Darby Township (Workersâ Compensation Appeal Board).</u></a></p> 626<div class="read_more_link"><a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/clarity-about-physical-mental-and-mental-mental-injuries-in-pa-workers-compensation/" title="Continue Reading Clarity About Physical/Mental and Mental/Mental Injuries in PA Workersâ Compensation" class="more-link">Continue reading</a></div> 627 </div> 628 </div> 629 <footer> 630 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a href="https://www.bnlegal.com/glenn-c-neiman.html" class="url fn author-bnlegal-2 author-240 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Glenn Neiman</span></a><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://twitter.com/Glenn" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/glenn-neiman/26/3ba/6b7" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="http://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/glenn-neiman-1391144" /></span></div> <div itemprop="publisher" itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemscope> 631 <meta itemprop="name" content="Brilliant & Neiman, LLC" /> 632 633<div itemprop="logo" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" itemscope> 634 <link itemprop="url" href="/jresources/v/20211007004730/images/logo.png" /> 635 <meta itemprop="height" content="" /> 636 <meta itemprop="width" content="" /> 637 <meta itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="http://schema.org/True" /> 638</div> 639 </div> 640 641 <div class="category-list"><span class="category-list-label">Posted in:</span> <span class="category-list-items"><a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/category/case-law-update/" title="View all posts in Case Law Update" class="category-case-law-update term-7 post-category-link">Case Law Update</a></span></div> 642 <div class="published-date"><span class="published-date-label"></span> <time datetime="2025-12-09T10:28:04-05:00" class="post-date published" itemprop="datePublished" pubdate>December 9, 2025</time></div> <div class="visuallyhidden">Updated: 643 <time datetime="2025-12-09T10:28:04-05:00" class="updated" itemprop="dateModified">December 9, 2025 10:28 am</time> 644 </div> 645 646 647 648 649 650 </footer> 651 652 </div> 653</article> 654 655 656<article id="post-955" class="entry post-955 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-case-law-update category-worker-comp-generally category-workers-comp-appeals category-workers-compensation-litigation" itemprop="blogPost" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" itemscope> 657 <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/abnormal-working-conditions-found-for-first-responder-in-pa-workers-comp-claim/" /> 658 <div class="inner-wrapper"> 659 <header> 660 661 662 663 <div id="default-featured-image-955-post-id-955" itemprop="image" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" itemscope> 664 <link itemprop="url" href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/99/2019/02/social-image-logo-og.png" />
665 <meta itemprop="width" content="1200" /> 666 <meta itemprop="height" content="1200" /> 667 <meta itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="http://schema.org/False" /> 668</div> 669 <div class="published-date"><span class="published-date-label"></span> <time datetime="2025-10-23T09:17:59-04:00" class="post-date published" itemprop="datePublished" pubdate>October 23, 2025</time></div> 670 671 672 <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="name"> <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/abnormal-working-conditions-found-for-first-responder-in-pa-workers-comp-claim/" itemprop="url" title="Permalink to Abnormal Working Conditions Found For First Responder in PA Workersâ Comp Claim" rel="bookmark">Abnormal Working Conditions Found For First Responder in PA Workersâ Comp Claim</a> 673 </h2> 674 <meta itemprop="headline" content="Abnormal Working Conditions Found For First Responder in PA Workersâ Comp Claim" /> 675 676 677 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a href="https://www.bnlegal.com/glenn-c-neiman.html" class="url fn author-bnlegal-2 author-240 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Glenn Neiman</span></a><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://twitter.com/Glenn" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/glenn-neiman/26/3ba/6b7" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="http://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/glenn-neiman-1391144" /></span></div> 678 679 <div class="sharelinks sharelinks-955 sharelinks-horizontal" id="sharelinks-955"> 680 <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp82BKZ-fp&text=Abnormal+Working+Conditions+Found+For+First+Responder+in+PA+Workers%E2%80%99+Comp+Claim&related=Glenn%3APost+Author" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/share/twitter.gif" alt="Tweet this Post" /></a> 681 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com%2Fabnormal-working-conditions-found-for-first-responder-in-pa-workers-comp-claim%2F" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/share/fb.gif" alt="Share on Facebook" /></a> 682 <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com%2Fabnormal-working-conditions-found-for-first-responder-in-pa-workers-comp-claim%2F&title=Abnormal+Working+Conditions+Found+For+First+Responder+in+PA+Workers%E2%80%99+Comp+Claim&source=Pennsylvania+Workers%26%23039%3B+Compensation+Lawyer+Blog" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.href, '', 'menubar=no,toolbar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,height=600,width=600');return false;"><img src="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/wp-content/themes/Willow-Responsive/images/share/linkedin.gif" alt="Share on LinkedIn" /></a> 683</div> </header> 684 <div class="content" itemprop="articleBody"> 685 <div class="entry-content"> 686 <p><a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/mental-injury-cases-in-pa-workers-compensation-are-very-fact-specific/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">As we have discussed previously on this blog, physical injuries in Pennsylvania are treated differently than mental ones</a>. Provided that a physical injury was suffered in the scope and course of the job, benefits should be payable. Mental injuries, though, have a different and additional requirement â the injury must have resulted from âabnormal working conditions.â</p> 687<p>There should not be much surprise, then, that many cases have dealt with whether a particular fact pattern reaches the standard of âabnormal working conditions.â This determination is very depen
687dent on the exact facts of each case. And, of course, what would be expected in that particular job. What a police office, fire fighter or EMT might expect on a normal day at work is very different from that of an accountant, warehouse worker or a secretary.</p> 688<p>Recently, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania dealt with this issue in<a href="https://www.pacourts.us/assets/opinions/Commonwealth/out/770CD24_10-22-25.pdf?cb=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><u> Ganley v. Upper Darby Township (Workersâ Compensation Appeal Board</u>).</a> Here, the injured worker was a firefighter/EMT, who was forced to perform CPR on infants twice in less than two years (with neither infant surviving). As a result of those events, the injured worker suffered post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).</p> 689<div class="read_more_link"><a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/abnormal-working-conditions-found-for-first-responder-in-pa-workers-comp-claim/" title="Continue Reading Abnormal Working Conditions Found For First Responder in PA Workersâ Comp Claim" class="more-link">Continue reading</a></div> 690 </div> 691 </div> 692 <footer> 693 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a href="https://www.bnlegal.com/glenn-c-neiman.html" class="url fn author-bnlegal-2 author-240 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Glenn Neiman</span></a><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://twitter.com/Glenn" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/glenn-neiman/26/3ba/6b7" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="http://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/glenn-neiman-1391144" /></span></div> <div itemprop="publisher" itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemscope> 694 <meta itemprop="name" content="Brilliant & Neiman, LLC" /> 695 696<div itemprop="logo" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" itemscope> 697 <link itemprop="url" href="/jresources/v/20211007004730/images/logo.png" /> 698 <meta itemprop="height" content="" /> 699 <meta itemprop="width" content="" /> 700 <meta itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="http://schema.org/True" /> 701</div> 702 </div> 703 704 <div class="category-list"><span class="category-list-label">Posted in:</span> <span class="category-list-items"><a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/category/case-law-update/" title="View all posts in Case Law Update" class="category-case-law-update term-7 post-category-link">Case Law Update</a>, <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/category/worker-comp-generally/" title="View all posts in Worker Comp Generally" class="category-worker-comp-generally term-14 post-category-link">Worker Comp Generally</a>, <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/category/workers-comp-appeals/" title="View all posts in Workers Comp Appeals" class="category-workers-comp-appeals term-15 post-category-link">Workers Comp Appeals</a> and <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/category/workers-compensation-litigation/" title="View all posts in Workers Compensation Litigation" class="category-workers-compensation-litigation term-13 post-category-link">Workers Compensation Litigation</a></span></div> 705 <div class="published-date"><span class="published-date-label"></span> <time datetime="2025-10-23T09:17:59-04:00" class="post-date published" itemprop="datePublished" pubdate>October 23, 2025</time></div> <div class="visuallyhidden">Updated: 706 <time datetime="2025-10-23T09:17:59-04:00" class="updated" itemprop="dateModified">October 23, 2025 9:17 am</time> 707 </div> 708 709 710 711 712 713 </footer> 714 715 </div> 716</article> 717 718 719<article id="post-953" class="entry post-953 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-case-law-update category-medical-benefits category-worker-comp-generally category-workers-compensation-litigation" itemprop="blogPost" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" itemscope> 720 <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/pa-wcj-has-jurisdiction-to-assess-penalties-for-nonpayment-of-medical-bills-related-to-work-injury/" /> 721 <div class="inner-wrapper"> 722 <header> 723 724 725 726 <div id="default-featured-image-953-post-id-953" itemprop="image" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" itemscope> 727 <link itemprop="url" href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/99/2019/02/social-image-logo-og.png" />
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Rhonda Horton (Workersâ Compensation Appeal Board)</u></a>, a WCJ does, indeed, have jurisdiction to address the nonpayment of medical bills. But, initially, letâs examine the confusion.</p> 751<p>Under the Act, a PA workersâ compensation insurer has 30 days to either pay a medical bill related to a work injury, or file for Utilization Review (UR), which challenges whether such treatment was reasonable and necessary. If a healthcare provider is not satisfied with the timing or amount of the payment for medical treatment, the provider has the ability to file for Fee Review. This statutory scheme could lead an insurance carrier to argue that an injured worker cannot file a Petition for Penalties, for the nonpayment of a medical bill, since that is a subject solely for Fee Review.</p> 752<div class="read_more_link"><a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/pa-wcj-has-jurisdiction-to-assess-penalties-for-nonpayment-of-medical-bills-related-to-work-injury/" title="Continue Reading PA WCJ Has Jurisdiction to Assess Penalties for Nonpayment of Medical Bills Related to Work Injury" class="more-link">Continue reading</a></div> 753 </div> 754 </div> 755 <footer> 756 <div class="author vcard">by <span itemprop="author" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a href="https://www.bnlegal.com/glenn-c-neiman.html" class="url fn author-bnlegal-2 author-240 post-author-link" rel="author" target="_self" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="name">Glenn Neiman</span></a><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://twitter.com/Glenn" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/glenn-neiman/26/3ba/6b7" /><meta itemprop="sameAs" content="http://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/glenn-neiman-1391144" /></span></div> <div itemprop="publisher" itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" itemscope> 757 <meta itemprop="name" content="Brilliant & Neiman, LLC" /> 758 759<div itemprop="logo" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" itemscope> 760 <link itemprop="url" href="/jresources/v/20211007004730/images/logo.png" /> 761 <meta itemprop="height" content="" /> 762 <meta itemprop="width" content="" /> 763 <meta itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="http://schema.org/True" /> 764</div> 765 </div> 766 767 <div class="category-list"><span class="category-list-label">Posted in:</span> <span class="category-list-items"><a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/category/case-law-update/" title="View all posts in Case Law Update" class="category-case-law-update term-7 post-category-link">Case Law Update</a>, <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/category/medical-benefits/" title="View all posts in Medical Benefits" class="category-medical-benefits term-8 post-category-link">Medical Benefits</a>, <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/category/worker-comp-generally/" title="View all posts in Worker Comp Generally" class="category-worker-comp-generally term-14 post-category-link">Worker Comp Generally</a> and <a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/category/workers-compensation-litigation/" title="View all posts in Workers Compensation Litigation" class="category-workers-compensation-litigation term-13 post-category-link">Workers Compensation Litigation</a></span></div> 768 <div class="published-date"><span class="published-date-label"></span> <time datetime="2025-08-20T09:12:07-04:00" class="post-date published" itemprop="datePublished" pubdate>August 20, 2025</time></div> <div class="visuallyhidden">Updated: 769 <time datetime="2025-08-20T09:12:07-04:00" class="updated" itemprop="dateModified">August 20, 2025 9:12 am</time> 770 </div> 771 772 773 774 775 776 </footer> 777 778 </div> 779</article> 780 <div class="navigation"> 781 <nav id="pagination-simple" class="pagination pagination-simple" role="navigation"> 782 <div class="nav-next"><a href="https://www.pennsylvaniaworkerscompensationlawyerblog.com/page/2/" >Next Page</a></div> 783 <div class="nav-previous"></div> 784 </nav> 785 </div> 786 </div> 787 788 <aside class="sidebar primary-sidebar sc-2 secondary-content" id="sc-2"> 789 </aside> 790 791 792 </section> 793 794 <aside class="sidebar secondary-sidebar sc-1 secondary-content" id="sc-1">
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