In Christian Petrucci’s latest article for The Legal Intelligencer, he tackles the issue of taxing legal services and its effect on injured workers. Though no legislation has been passed to do so, Christian takes the time to dissect the potential effects on Workers’ Compensation and the injured people who depend…
Commonwealth Court: Pension Offset Inures to Parent Company
In Christian’s latest article for The Legal Intelligencer, he explains the case of Stepp v. Worker’s Compensation Appeal Board. This case deals with the offset of pension benefits. Here is an excerpt from the article. You can read the full article by following the link below. Commonwealth Court: Pension Offset…
Adverse Inference Insufficient to Prove Undocumented Alien Status
Christian Petrucci regularly contributes legal articles to The Legal Intelligencer. Below is his latest article adverse inferences being insufficient to prove a undocumented alien’s status. Below is an excerpt from Christian’s article. You can read the rest at The Legal Intelligencer’s website. Christian Petrucci, The Legal Intelligencer Last month, the…
Revisiting Mandatory Workers’ Compensation Mediations
In Christian Petrucci’s latest article in The Legal Intelligencer, he tackles Mandatory Worker’s Compensation Mediations. Mandatory Mediations are a relatively new process when it comes to Worker’s Compensation. Was this a good good idea to put into practice? Christian explains his answer. Read more of the story in the excerpt…
Determining an Employee’s Voluntary Removal from the Workforce, an Article for the Legal Intelligencer by Christian Petrucci
A little over a year ago, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court made an important ruling in determining an employee’s voluntary removal from the workforce. This is an important issue for members of the workforce who are injured on the job and chose not to return to work and accept retirement instead.…
Christian Petrucci Named one of Super Lawyers top lawyers in Pennsylvania and Delaware
The Law Offices of Christian Petrucci have been named among Super Lawyers top lawyers in Pennsylvania and Delaware. You can find Christian Petrucci on the list of the top lawyers in your area according to Super Lawyers here: http://digital.superlawyers.com/superlawyers/paslrs14#pg87
Exploring How to Calculate the Average Weekly Wage
When you are placed on workers compensation, it is very important that your wages get calculated correctly so that you get the money you are due. For salaried employees that get paid weekly, monthly, or yearly, figuring out these calculations can be fairly straight forward. For hourly and commission based…
Credentials of IRE Physician Successfully Challenged
Beginning with the original Gardner decision back in 2003, one of the sections of the Workers’ Compensation Act most subject to appellate court review has been Section 306(a.2), dealing with impairment rating evaluations (IREs). An IRE is used by the insurance carrier to convert the status of a claimant’s benefits from total…
Claimant’s Testimony Sufficient for Ongoing Disability
While the recent opinions coming from the appellate courts have generally been favorable to the defense bar, a Commonwealth Court case just posted Wednesday, Pennsylvania Uninsured Employers Guaranty Fund (PUEGF) v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Bonner and Fitzgerald), puts that trend on hold. In PUEGF, the court addressed a claimant’s…
Physician-Patient Privilege in Workers’ Comp Context Upheld
It is well known that when someone seeks compensation benefits through the Workers’ Compensation Act, he or she exposes himself or herself to an exception the doctor patient privacy privilege. When someone places their physical or mental health at issue under the act, the privacy right against disclosing medical records…