Category Archives: A Lawyer’s Perspective
Medicare Liens and Set-Asides: More Headaches for Accident Victims
In the last blog, I spoke about the health insurance companies’ right to recover money paid for accident related medical expenses from an injured person’s lawsuit. Medicare (I will assume everyone knows what Medicare is) may also recover money it pays for an accident victim’s medical … Continue reading
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PA Unemployment Benefits Changes Coming in January
Important new changes to Pennsylvania unemployment compensation law will take effect January 1, 2012. Perhaps the most significant change affects persons who are terminated and receive severance pay. Currently, severance pay is not taken into consideration in eligibility decisions for … Continue reading
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Should Arlene Ackerman Receive Unemployment Benefits?
From a viewpoint of fairness and the amazing self-interest displayed by a former public servant supposedly dedicated to the education of children, Arlene Ackerman’s decision to seek state unemployment benefits after receiving a $900,000.00 severance package leaves one wondering whether there … Continue reading
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Should Doctors’ Apologies Be Protected?
Recently, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported a story involving the tragic death of a premature infant at Abington Hospital. The doctors met with the parents afterwards and admitted a mistake during a cardiac catheterization which caused the baby’s death. In the … Continue reading
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Best Employment Practices Only As Good As The Management
In the tragedy unfolding at Penn State, one has to believe the University had written employment policies for reporting inappropriate behavior by staff, whether directed toward co-workers or otherwise. Yet, the scandal is just one more example of how a … Continue reading
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What Are Juries Thinking?
Every month I receive a report of the civil verdicts rendered by juries in Bucks County, PA, where my main office is located. No matter whether it is an accident, employment or contract case, or the skill of the attorneys … Continue reading
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Will a Fall in a Mall Fountain Lead to a Lawsuit?
YouTube’s latest “must see” video shows a woman so engrossed with her smart phone that she walked straight into a shopping mall fountain and fell in. Girl/Woman Falls in Mall Fountain While Texting It appears the phone is smarter than she … Continue reading
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Pitfalls Of The Disability Application Process – Part III – The Appeal
Despite your best efforts to reach an accommodation with your employer and submit an accurately worded and detailed long term disability benefits application with plenty of supporting documentation, the insurance company denied your claim. If you have not talked to … Continue reading
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Pitfalls Of The Disability Application Process: Part II – After Leaving
Hopefully, you took my advice after reading Part I and tried to reach a reasonable accommodation with your employer. For this blog, I’ll assume you made a good faith effort to find a solution that worked and either met with … Continue reading
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Out From Behind The Desk . . . Again
I have always loved performing on stage. I think every trial lawyer has to have some acting ability. After all, in the courtroom the lawyer is both an actor and director, playing a role while directing witnesses and trying to … Continue reading
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