A worker’s claim for workers’ compensation benefits and a dependent’s claim for death benefits are separate and independent claims, such that the dependent’s claim is not derivate of the worker’s,...
Maryland Widow’s Death Benefits Claim Not Barred by Husband’s Broad Release Before His Death Maryland Widow’s Death Benefits Claim Not Barred by Husband’s Broad Release Before His DeathFired Worker Must Either Have Filed a Claim or Communicated an Intent to Do So Construing Pennsylvania law, a U.S. District Court rejected the so-called “perception theory” of workers’ compensation...
Federal District Court Rejects “Perception Theory” of Workers’ Compensation Retaliation Federal District Court Rejects “Perception Theory” of Workers’ Compensation Retaliation