The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a workers’ compensation decision in June of this year that has stunned businesses across Pennsylvania. The court’s decision in Protz v. WCAB (Derry Area School District) has stopped all Impairment Rating Evaluations (IREs), raises the question of whether claims closed as the result of an IRE can be re-opened, and likely will result…
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‘Talk about an unholy alliance’
SEPTEMBER 22, 2017| via Philly.com by William Bender Pond Lehocky is the biggest player in town for workers’ compensation cases, targeting employees who get hurt on the job with TV ads and billboards that seem to loom on every stretch of Philadelphia’s highways. “There are many law firms in Pennsylvania,” goes one of the firm’s…
Legislative Update — September 8, 2017
When the legislature last met it was July and leaders in the House and Senate were searching for ways to balance the $32 billion state budget that was enacted at the end of June. Now that it is September, leaders in Harrisburg have yet to find agreement on how to fill the gap. The whole…
In Pa., the era of big litigation isn’t over | Opinion
By Curt Schroder via PennLive Remember when President Bill Clinton declared: “The era of big government is over!”? Well, a recent article in the Wall Street Journal declaring “The Era of Tort Lawsuits Is Waning”caused quite a splash earlier this summer. However, like President Clinton’s declaration, this one does not stand up to closer scrutiny…
Plaintiffs Attorney, Former PA Bar Assn. Pres., Clocks Sheriff’s Deputy. Someone call the trial bar and get the deputy a good attorney!”
Prominent Philly lawyer taken into custody in courthouse scuffle AUGUST 25, 2017 — 10:33 AM EDT via Philly.com by Joseph A. Slobodzian, Staff Writer @JoeSlobo| jslobodzian@phillynews.com Center City lawyer Clifford E. Haines, the former head of the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations, was taken into custody this week after a scuffle in Philadelphia’s Criminal…
Will SCOTUS Ruling Affect Philadelphia Court, Where 94% Of New Plaintiffs Are From Out Of State?
Via Forbes by Nicholas Malfitano | Aug. 17, 2017 Out-of-state plaintiffs flocked to Philadelphia this year to file lawsuits over prescription drugs, but a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision might deter that practice in the future. Thousands of claimants who have brought their lawsuits in Philadelphia will have to see if pharmaceutical companies like Johnson & Johnson…