Category: Personal Injury Dog Bite Cases TASA ID: 1218 There are about five million dog bites reported each year in the United State . . . Those reported dog bites are likely a very small percentage of dog bites that actually occurred . . . In some states a prior history of aggressive or biting behavior must be established before pursuing liability beyond medical claims. It is important to ask the right questions, and it is not always the best timing to bring in an expert after the depositions have been taken. Read more
Category: Employment, Personal Injury Transferability of Skills Analysis: Use in RTW TASA ID: 540 Generally speaking, it does not matter what job the employee is returned to as long as they are 'making' close to their pre-injury wage. If, for some reason, the injured employee cannot return to work or cannot earn as much as they were before the injury. . . Read more
Category: Medical & Healthcare, Personal Injury Concussion: Everything Has Changed TASA ID: 3711 Although this title may be slightly overstated, it is true that much of the way in which we identify and manage concussions has changed dramatically. This has occurred in large part as a result of recommendations provided by the International Consensus Conferences on Concussion in Sport (1). Read more
Category: Employment, Personal Injury Changes in PA Workers' Compensation Act 2014 TASA ID: 1823 A Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision made in November 2013, concerning standards for Workers' Compensation for Labor Market Surveys, is understood to substantially increase the burden in attempts of employers in modifying workers' compensation benefits. The decision argued on March 7, 2012 and decided upon November 21, 2013, involved a claimant who was injured during her employment with Phoenixville Hospital. She had applied for five jobs comprising a LMS. Read more
Category: Employment, Lost Wages, Personal Injury Use of Vocational Experts in Disability Determination TASA ID: 540 No longer is it permissible to determine disability solely based on the percentage of impairment as dictated by the AMA Guides. Ideally, the physical and psychological limitations that are imposed by an accident and/or disease must now be translated into the loss of specific vocational opportunity Read more
